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mā.newa.newa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi. Grief, sorrow, mourning; exaggerated expression of grief, as by knocking out teeth, cutting the hair in strange patterns, eating of filth, tattooing the tongue, removing the malo and wearing it about the neck; to do such. hoʻo.mā.newa.newa To display violent grief; to free oneself from black magic and regain health by extravagant conduct, as going nude or eating of filth or drinking ʻauhuhu juice. (PPN manewanewa.)

2. vs. Unkind. hoʻo.mā.newa.newa To treat unkindly.

3. Var. of hīnawenawe, hīnewanewa, weak, spindly. ʻO ka hahu ʻape mānewanewa (KL. line 370), the weak young ʻape plant.

4. n. Name given for a beach grass; used in leis on Lā-naʻi.

Manewanewa (mā'-nĕ'-wă-nĕ'-wă), n.

/ mā'-nĕ'-wă-nĕ'-wă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Extreme sorrow.

manewanewa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Grief, mourning.

mānewanewa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

A beach grass, used for making leis on Lanaʻi.

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