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hoʻohilahila

/ hoʻo.hila.hila / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

See hilahila, bashful.

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hoohilahila

/ HOO-HI-LA-HI-LA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., See hilahila. To be timid; modest; fearful, as a bashful person; hence, to be affected with shame; to make ashamed; to act with modesty; to put one to shame, by his own superiority. Laieik. 138. E hoohilahila aku ai ia Laieikawai.

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hoohilahila

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / HOO-HI-LA-HI-LA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Bashful; modest, as a backwoodsman; he hoolua nui ke kuaaina, he hoohilahila.

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hoohilahila

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ho'o-hī'-lă-hī'-la / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Bashful; modest, as a backwoodsman; he hoolua nui ke kuaaina, he hoohilahila.

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hoohilahila

/ ho'o-hī'-lă-hī'-la / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Freq. of hilahila.]

1. v., To be timid; modest; fearful, as a bashful person; hence:

2. v., To be affected with act with modesty; to put one to shame.

3. v., To make ashamed; to shame by superiority. (Laieik. p. 138.) E hoohilahila aku ai ia Laieikawai.

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ho‘ohilahila

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

to be timid; humiliate.

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