ʻino

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian (compare 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

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.