kāhinu

Hawaiian

Etymology

kā- +‎ hinu (“to be lustrous”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːˈhi.nu/

Verb

kāhinu

1. (causative) to anoint

References

• Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 69