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hoʻonanā

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hehele, To act cocky, strut about looking for a fight.

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  • Examples:
    • Ua hoʻonanā hele ke keiki ma ka pā pāʻani. The boy went strutting around the playground looking for a fight.
    • Lele hoʻonanā. Aggression, as a threat of attack by one country upon another.
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hoonana

/ HOO-NA-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., See na and nana, to hush; to quiet, as a child. To calm; to quiet, as a child; to hush up a difficulty; to ease a pain; to comfort; to console.

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hoonana

/ HOO-NA-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., See nana, to bark; to growl. Angry; cross; reluctant.

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hoonana

/ ho'o-nă-nā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[From hoonanaa, to enrage.] adj., Angry; cross; reluctant: Hoonana hoi oe; You are cross.

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hoonana

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

[Hoo and na, quiet, or nana, to hush; to be quieted, as a child.] v., To calm; to quiet, as a child; to hush up a difficulty; to ease a pain; to comfort; to console.

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ho‘onana

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

to take purgative.

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