eeno

"Ha! lad, d'ye know there's a sort o 'critter in other diggins o' this here world as they calls a hi-eeno, or somethin 'o' that sort, as can _laugh_, it can; so you're not the only beast as can do it, d'ye see!"

The Wild Man of the West A Tale of the Rocky Mountains Archibald Webb 1859

Thus they say_, Erawha eeno, _good greeting, as the Otaheitans say_, Ehoa eeno, _or my good friend_.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Robert Kerr 1784