Of course you are a malahini (newcomer) and could not be expected to know. From Wordnik.com. [Good Bye, Jack] Reference
Barton from their childhood days, when, in truth, he had been a malahini, though a very young specimen. From Wordnik.com. [The Kanaka Surf] Reference
It certainly smelled to heaven, but, to me, a malahini, the smell was wine-woody and fruit-juicy and not unpleasant. From Wordnik.com. [Shin-Bones] Reference
Hoole aku la ua wahi kanaka nei, me ka i aku, "Aole au i ike mamua, akahi no wau a ike, a he mea malahini ia i ko'u mau maka.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai] Reference
Olelo aku la oia imua o na malahini, "Aole o'u manao e hoounauna aku ia olua e kokua mai ia'u ma ka hoe pu ana i ka waa, no ka mea, he mea nui olua na'u.". From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai] Reference
Kalama and me together, and her lips will talk, her lips will talk, so that the latest malahini will shortly know what, otherwise, you and I alone will know. From Wordnik.com. [The Bones of Kahekili] Reference
Now malahini means new-comer, tender-foot; and, despite the prettiness of their stroke, he knew that none except malahinis would venture into the racing channel beyond the diving-stage. From Wordnik.com. [The Kanaka Surf] Reference
Kauai, mauka o Pihanakalani, kui aku la ka lono ia Kauaiapuni; akoakoa mai la na'lii, na kaukaualii, a me na makaainana a pau e ike i ka puka malahini ana aku o Kailiokalauokekoa ma, e like me ka mea mau; o. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai] Reference
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