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ʻaneʻi
loc.n., Here (usually after ma-, i, or kō: Gram. 8.6.).
- Examples:
- Ē kuʻu aloha, maʻaneʻi mai, neʻeneʻe mai nō ā pili (song), my loved one, come here, sidle up close.
- ʻAʻohe o ʻoneʻi wahine e like me ʻoe, ā inā nohoʻi no ʻaneʻi aku nei, ʻaʻole nō e hele mai i ʻaneʻi; he kapu o ʻaneʻi, he make (FS 259), none of the local women are like you, and had [you] been of this place, [you] would not have come here; it is taboo here, death.
- References:
2. Part., Doubtful (used idiomatically).
- Examples:
- He paʻakai ʻaneʻi e heheʻe ai, so, like salt that melts [said by one who doesn't mind going into the rain].
- References:
- Same as auaneʻi #2.
- Gram. 7.5.
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