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Reduplication of nei #1, to rumble, quake.

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neʻineʻi

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

1. Same as neʻeneʻe #1.

  • Rare

2. vs., Short, small, as clothes; low-lying, squatting; crowded; to shrink, a small bit.

  • Examples:
    • Ke hele neʻineʻi nei, walking with very short steps.
    • Neʻineʻi ka hanu, short of breath.
    • Neʻineʻi ka mea i loaʻa, not much obtained.

3. Same as naʻenaʻe #1, shrubs or small trees.

Nā LepiliTags: flora trees rare

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1. v., See nei. To draw up; to shrink; to contract.

2. To be too short or too small, as clothes.

3. To slip up; to slip away. See elehei.

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neinei

ʻaʻanostative verb / NEI-NEI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adv., Too short; too low; not fitting, as a garment; moving off; kikenenei.

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neinei

ʻaʻanostative verb / ne'i-ne'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Too short; too low; not fitting, as a garment.

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neinei

ʻaʻanostative verb / ne'i-ne'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adv., In a short manner, as in hele neinei, which describes a manner of walking.

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1. v., To be shortened; to be contracted.

2. v., To be too short or too small, as clothes.

3. v., To slip up; to slip away.

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