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hunehune

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

1. Reduplication and intensification of hune #2, very fine, delicate.

  • Examples:
    • Palai lau hunehune, fine-leafed fern.
    • Kilika hunehune, fine quality silk.
    • Hunehune ka lau o kēia lole, the design of the cloth of this dress is delicate.

2. n., Bits, as of news, gossip; minutia.

  • Examples:
    • Nā hunehune mea hou, bits of news.

3. Same as huna, a seaweed.

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HU-NE-HU-NE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See HUNE, to be trickish. To entrap one; to deceive; to play a trick on.

Hunehune (hū'-nĕ-hū'-ne), adj.

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

Mist: very fine water drops.

Hunehune

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Gulch, Honouliuli, Oʻahu. Lit., tiny.

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