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n. Sexual intercourse.

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  • PCP kainga.

s. Ai, to eat, enjoy, and na, contraction of ana (the participial termination of words equivalent to Eng. ing. See Gram.§ 204,2.) An eating; the means of eating, i. e., the fruits of the land; hence,

1. Land generally; a farm; a field; a country; an island. In this sense it is SYN. with moku, or mokupuni; elua inoa i kapaia ma ka mokupuni, he moku kekahi, a he aina kekahi, an island has two names, moku is one, and aina is the other. D. Malo. 7:1.

2. Any taxable privilege, as the right of fishing, the right to sell things in market, &c.

3. Any means of obtaining a living; e kii au e hao i kela waiwai, no ka mea, o ko'u aina no o ka hao wale aku, I will go and rob that property, because it is my means of living to rob. Haw. Hist.

s. A contraction of ai ana. See above. An eating; a meal.

adj. Eating; dining; papa aina, an eating table; hale aina, one of the six houses of an establishment; he hale aina oia kekahi, the eating house is one.

s., The snap of a gun; the jar of a door; the report of lightning. See papaina.

v., LIT. Being eaten. Used passively; to be destroyed; to be devoured; eaten up. Aina o Hawaii e ka pele, Hawaii is eaten by the volcano; aina ke kanaka e ka mano, the man was devoured by a shark; aina ka ai e ka puaa, the food was eaten by a hog.

s., Pain; grief; weariness; disappointed affection; he kena, luhi, he lea.

1. n., A series of short, sharp sounds in rapid succession; a crepitating or crackling sound; a crackling.

2. n., An explosive sound; a sudden loud noise; a report.

3. n., The act of snapping, or a sharp quick sound produced by it; a snap.

4. n., A loud, prolonged, sonorous sound or succession of sounds; a peal.

1. v., To make ready for eating.

2. v., To furnish food.

v., [A contraction of aiia ana, the present participle, passive form, of the verb ai.] Being eaten, consumed, or devoured; being destroyed or ruined: Aina o Hawaii e ka pele; Hawaii is being destroyed by the volcano.

v., To be sore; to ache; to suffer pain.

n., Soreness; ache; pain that comes from over exercise.

1. n., The portion or quantity of food taken to satisfy the appetite; the substance of a repast; a meal.

2. n., That which is thrown away during or after eating; the refuse or discarded portion of a meal.

3. n., Anything refused or discarded as worthless; refuse; rubbish; trash: aina ko, cane trash.

1. n., The exposed surface of the earth as opposed to the oceans and seas; land.

2. n., A country or district, large or small; a pasture; a farm; a field.

3. n., Land surrounded by water; an island.

4. n., A continent or mainland, as distinguished from an island.

1. adj., Eating; dining: papa aina, dining table.

2. adj., Rejeced as unfit for or of no use; thrown away; refuse: Ke ko aina, the refuse cane.

I. punawai, a o ENE i kekahi manawa, me ia ma Ene-rogela. He inoa ia o ke kulanakaukale no Iuda, a mahope kaawiia na Simeona, Ios. 15:32; 1 Oihlii. 4:32. He wahi hoi ia ma ka aoao akau o Kanaana, Nah. 34:11.

aina e (ʻāina ʻē). Foreign land.