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māhani

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

1. vi., Smooth.

  • Examples:
    • Hahau ka wēlau kō, ā māhani ʻapaʻapaʻa, the sugar-cane tops were beaten into the banks of taro patches smooth and compact.

2. vs., Dull (not sharp).

3. vi., To lessen, of heat.

4. To vanish.

  • References:
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v. Ma and hani, to pass silently. To pass easily and silently; to be evanescent; to disappear; to vanish, as a thought; ua mahani ka manao.

2. To heal up; to granulate, as a wound so as to disappear.

3. To vanish, as an ulcer when it heals; mahani keia wahi, a e poha hou ma kahi e.

Mahani (mā'-hā'-ni), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ma and hani, to pass silently.]

1. To pass easily and silently; to be evanescent; to disappear; to vanish, as a thought; ua mahani ka manao.

2. To heal up; to granulate, as a wound, so as to disappear.

Mahani (mā'-hā-ni):

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

healing. Land division, Oahu.

to cool off, as emotions; to pass off or away; to vanish.

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