kuene

Hawaiian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈe.ne/, [kuˈwɛ.nɛ]

Noun

kuene

  1. steward
  2. waiter

Derived terms

  • kuene mokulele (“flight attendant”)

Verb

kuene(transitive)

  1. to lay out, to put in order, to supervise
  2. to wait on, to serve

Derived terms

  • hoʻokuene (causative/simulative)

Further reading

Middle English

Noun

kuene

  1. alternative form of quene (“queen”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kuene c

  1. definite plural of ku

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kuene f

  1. (non-standard since 1938) definite plural of ku
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