Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n. Kind, variety, nature, character, disposition, bearing, type, brand, likeness, sort, way, manner, shape, tendency, fashion, style, mode, circumstance, condition, resemblance, image, color, moral quality, denomination, meaning (preceded by ke).

• Examples:
  • Ke ʻano o ka nohona, way of life, standard of living.
  • He aha ke ʻano? What is [it] like [sometimes said scornfully]? What kind of nonsense is that? He aha nō lā kou ʻano? What's the matter with you?
• Related:
  • hōʻano Caus/sim.; To cause to take a definite shape, produce a resemblance.
• References:
  • PPN kano.

2. vs. Somewhat, rather; to show signs of.

• Examples:
  • ʻAno maikaʻi, somewhat good, pretty good, fair.
  • ʻAno maikaʻi ʻole, not very good.
  • ʻAno ʻino, wicked, disorderly (of conduct).
  • ʻAno poepoe, somewhat round.
  • Ke ʻano mālie mai nei, beginning to clear up now.
  • E ʻano ua aku ana, it looks like rain.

Color.

1. Manner. Keelikolani v. Manaku, 4 Haw. 263, 264 (1880). 2. Capacity (acting in capacity as a). Nahale v. Kaiaiki, 7 Haw. 615, 617 (1889). 3. Kind, variety, nature, character disposition, bearing, type (PE). 4. The character of a person, as to his life and manners; likeness, resemblance, image of a thing (AP).