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HOO-NUU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See NUU and ANUU, a raised place. To be greedy in eating; to eat to great fullness; to gormandize; applied to a single person. See HOOKUKU. Hence,

2. To swell: to rise up, as one's stomach from great eating.

3. To begrudge the food another eats.

HOO-NUU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Greediness after food; a voracious appetite; a seizing food with eagerness.

HOO-NUU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Greedy after food.

Hoonuu (ho'o-nu'u), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Greedy after food; having a keen appetite for food or drink.

Hoonuu (ho'o-nu'u), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Greediness after food; a voracious appetite; a seizing food with eagerness.

2. A glutton.

Hoonuu (ho'o-nu'u), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To be greedy in eating; to eat to great fullness; to gormandize; applied to a single person.

2. To eat greedily.

hoʻonuʻu

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To stuff to fullness, eat greedily.

ho‘onu‘u

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

to eat heartily, devour.

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