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hoʻokuanui

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

To do a thing grudgingly; bored with a tedious task; tedious, boring; to struggle with a task, as one in which one has no interest.

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hoʻokuanui

/ HOO-KU-A-NU-I / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., See kua, back, and nui, large. To cause the back to swell; to make one work hard; to be severe; to increase; to enlarge, as a swelling.

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hoʻokuanui

/ ho'o-kū'-ă-nū'-i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To cause a putting forth of effort as a mere matter of routine.

2. v., To do one's task in a spiritless, dejected manner from any cause.

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