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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *sinu (compare with Māori hinu, Rarotongan ʻinu, Tahitian hinu and Tongan huni) from Proto-Oceanic *sinu (compare with Fijian sinu).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hinu

  1. oil; grease
  2. ointment
  3. polish
  4. (organic chemistry) lipid

Verb

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hinu(stative)

  1. oily, slick
  2. smooth and polished, lustrous

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sinu.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “hinu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 71

Icelandic

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Pronoun

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hinu

  1. dative neuter singular of hinn (that)

Article

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hinu

  1. dative neuter singular of hinn (the)

Māori

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *sinu (compare with Rarotongan ʻinu, Tahitian hinu and Tongan huni) from Proto-Oceanic *sinu (compare with Fijian sinu).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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hinu

  1. fat, grease
  2. lard
  3. oil, petrol

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 73
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sinu.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

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  • hinu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Norse

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Pronoun

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hinu

  1. neuter dative singular of hinn

Declension

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Declension of hinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hitt
accusative hinn hina hitt
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

Article

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hinu

  1. neuter dative singular of hinn

Declension

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Declension of hinn
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinn hin hit
accusative hinn hina hit
dative hinum hinni hinu
genitive hins hinnar hins
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative hinir hinar hin
accusative hina hinar hin
dative hinum hinum hinum
genitive hinna hinna hinna

Tahitian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *sinu (compare with Tahitian hinu, Tongan huni) from Proto-Oceanic *sinu (compare with Fijian sinu).[1]

Noun

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hinu

  1. fat
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References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sinu.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

Further reading

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  • Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[2] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN
  • “hinu” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.