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hoʻounauna

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

Reduplication of hoʻouna; sorcery.

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v. Intensive of una. To send frequently.

2. To perform some part in the hoopiopio or anaana.

3. To ask or urge one to do a thing; aole o'u manao e hoounauna aku ia olua. Laieik. 21.

Hoounauna (ho'o-ū'-nă-ŭ'-na), v.

/ ho'o-ū'-nă-ŭ'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To order; to command; to issue orders, as an overseer or superintendent.

2. To ask or urge to do a thing: Aole o'u manao e hoounauna aku ia olua. (Laieik. p. 21.)

3. To perform some part in the hoopiopio or anaana, as to call on the gods to eat up (figuratively), kill or destroy.

To send someone to perform a part in the ʻanāʻanā or hoʻopiʻopiʻo (sorcery).

to order, command, boss; send on an errand.

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