luna

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The name of a hill back of Lahaina-luna, the traditional residence of a kahuna named Lua-hoo-moe_, whose two sons were celebrated for their manly beauty.

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  1. The moon: personified as a Roman goddess, Luna, answering to the Greek goddess Selene.
  2. An occasional form of crescent-headed arrow with the concave side outermost and sharpened. Arrows of this form, like the rarer ones with a chisel-shaped head, were intended to cut the hamstring of horses and of animals of the chase.
  3. In alchemy, silver.
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  • Denisa - Imi dai doamne o zi buna si suparari cate luna (3: 57) 8. 6. —  Fulldls.com
  • - The starting place for creating the mountains, luna, the house on the hill and type treatments for the logos. —  Daily Slurp Gallery
  • The moon (luna) was the symbol for silver hence the name "lunar caustic Silver sulphide~ (Ag_{2}S). —  An Elementary Study of Chemistry
  • [4] [Page 17 He kane na Laka 10 Na ka wahine i oni a kelakela i ka lani I kupu ke a'a i ke kumu I lau a puka ka mu'o Ka liko, ka ao i-luna Kupu ka lala, hua ma ka Hikina 15 Kupu ka laau ona a Maka-li'i,[5 O Maka-lei,[6] laau kaulana mai ka Po mai. —  Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
  • [7 Mai ka Po mai ka oiaio I ho-i'o i-luna, i o'o i-luna He luna au e ki'i mai nei ia oe, e Laka 20 E ho'i ke ko-kua[8] pa He la uniki[9] e no kaua Ha-ike-ike[10] o ke Akua Hoike ka mana o ka Wahine O Laka, kaikuahine 25 Wahine a Lono i ka ou-alii. —  Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula
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  1. Latin, the moon, orig. *lucna, from lucere, shine: see lucent.
 

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