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kūnāhihi

/ kū.nā.hihi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Weak, as from shock; dismayed, numb, dazed, shocked, horrified.

  • Examples:
    • Kūnāhihi ke kino i ke anu, the body is numb with cold.
    • Kūnāhihi i ka lohe ʻana i ka mea hou kaumaha, faint with shock at hearing the tragic news.

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kunahihi

/ KU-NA-HI-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., Ku, to stand, and hihi, thick together. To have the hair standing erect, as a wild man; to stand shivering with the cold; to stand erect, as the hair; to be rough, rude or wild; to shudder; to have the sensation of cold water applied. See okala.

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kunahihi

/ KU-NA-HI-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Ferocity; wildness in appearance; a standing up of the hair.

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kunahihi

/ KU-NA-HI-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Shivering; ferocious; wild; fierce; bristling up; applied to words, ka olelo ikaika ame ke kunahihi, strong language with fierceness.

2. Growing; standing up; hence, mouldy.

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kunahihi

/ kū'-nā-hī'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Shivering.

2. adj., Bristling.

3. adj., Ferocious; wild; fierce.

4. adj., Applied to words, fierce: ka olelo ikaika ame ke kunahihi, strong language with fierceness.

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kunahihi

/ kū'-nā-hī'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Ferocity; wildness in appearance; a standing up of the hair.

2. n., Chilliness.

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kunahihi

/ kū'-nā-hī'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ku, to stand, and hihi, thick together.]

1. v., To stand erect, as the hair.

2. v., To have the hair standing erect, as a person.

3. v., To be rude or wild.

4. v., To shudder; to feel the sensation of cold water.

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kūnāhihi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Weak, as from shock; to have the hair stand up, as a wild man; to stand shivering with the cold, bristling up.

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