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malihini
[mah-lee-hee-nee]
noun
plural
malihinisa newcomer to Hawaii.
malihini
/ ˌɑːɪˈːɪ /
noun
(in Hawaii) a foreigner or stranger
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of malihini1
Example Sentences
The 10-year-old Arizonan was taken out by “malihini,” a respectably difficult word on which to fall.
He stumbled on "malihini," a Hawaiian word for foreigner.
Their very first caper, Malihini Holiday, traces a murder plot all the way from London to Waikiki.
Gracefully the birdlike thing rose into the brilliant turquoise sky—that same sky which today so enchants the malihini—and as it tugged at the line, dipped, rose again and circled about, the thrill of it came down the cord to Maui's hands and his delight knew no bounds.
Auwe; auwe; aloha la Ka malihini hou Ma keia la hauoli nei Ua hui pu kakou.
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