ʻino

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ino"

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kino (“bad”). Cognate with Māori kino).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔi.no/

Noun

ʻino

  1. hate, sin
  2. storm

Verb

ʻino

  1. (stative) bad, wicked
  2. (stative) foul, rotten, smelly, ugly, of poor quality
  3. (stative) stormy
  4. (transitive) to damage, injure, harm

Derived terms

Further reading

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian (compare Māori kino).

Adjective

ʻino

  1. bad

References

  • Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[1] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
  • “ʻino” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
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