ʻino
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ino"
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *kino (“bad”). Cognate with Maori kino).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔi.no/
Noun
ʻino
Verb
ʻino
- (stative) bad, wicked
- (stative) foul, rotten, smelly, ugly, of poor quality
- (stative) stormy
- (transitive) to damage, injure, harm
Derived terms
Further reading
- ʻino in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian (compare Maori kino).
Adjective
ʻino
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “ʻino” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.