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hoʻohune

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

To persist, nag, tease; to do with avidity and persistence.

  • Examples:
    • Koi hoʻohune (Nak. 101), keep asking.
    • He mea hoʻohune loa ka iʻa i ka makani hou, the fish are constantly going into the fresh wind.
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HOO-HU-NE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See HUNE, to tease. To tease; to beg often; to ask something from another; to entreat a favor; to persist in, as in a bad habit.

Hoohune (ho'o-hū'-ne), v.

/ ho'o-hū'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Hoo and hune, poor.]

1. To cause poverty; to make poor.

2. To tease; to beg often; to ask something from another; to entreat a favor.

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