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Hina.liʻi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n.

1. Name of a chief in whose time occurred a famous deluge called kai a ka Hinaliʻi; the Biblical flood (Kin. 6.17). See saying ʻiliki 1.

2. Name of a star that appears in the month of Hilinehu and follows in its course the star Polo-wehi-lani.

HI-NA-LII

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Hina, gray, and lii, very little. Very little gray, as the hair; whitish.

HI-NA-LII

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The name of a person (chief) in whose time there occurred a universal deluge or kai a ka Hinalii; hence kaiakahinalii is at present used for the flood of Noah. Kin. 6:17. See also ke kai a ka Hulumanu.

Hinalii (hī'-nā-li'i), adj.

/ hī'-nā-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Hina, gray, and lii, young or little.] Slightly gray, as the hair.

Hinalii (hi'-nā-li'i), n.

/ hi'-nā-li'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A chief in whose time there occurred a deluge, called kai a ka Hinalii (the sea of Hinalii).

Hinaliʻi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Chief in whose time there occurred a universal deluge. His name is used in the Hawaiian expression kai a Kihinaliʻi, Noahʻs flood.

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