Definition of malihini

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ma·li·hi·ni    (mäl-hn) KEY 

NOUN:
Hawaii pl. ma·li·hi·nis

A newcomer to Hawaii.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Hawaiian, stranger; akin to Tahitian manihini, visitor, guest, and Maori manuhiri, all perhaps ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *manu, bird (figuratively applied to humans)