ʻino

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ino"

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

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

• hoʻoʻino (“harm”, verb)
• ʻinoʻino (reduplicated form)
• māino (“cruelty”)

Further reading

• ʻino in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian (compare Maori kino).

Adjective

ʻino

1. bad

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.