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n., Street, road, highway, thoroughfare, waterway, course.

• Literally, large path.
• Examples:
  • Alanui hele, any traversed road.
  • Alanui o ke keʻa, station of the cross.
  • Alanui polohiwa a Kanaloa, the dark path of Kanaloa [southern limit of the sun in its yearly cycle, about the 15th and 16th days of the month Hilina Mā.
  • Alanui polohiwa a Kāne, the dark path of Kāne [northern limit of the sun, about the middle of the month Kaulua].
  • Alanui maʻawe ʻula a kanaloa, road of the scarlet footprint of Kanaloa [the western sky].
• Related:
  • Poetic names for the equator are alanui a ke kuʻukuʻu, road of the spider, and alanui i ka piko o Wākea, road at Wākea’s navel.
• References:
  • PCP alanui.

s., Ala, path, and nui, large.

A highway; a road; a frequented path. See alaloa. In some places kuamoo is used.

n., [Ala, path, and nui, large.] A highway; a road; a frequented path. (Kuamoo is the archaic form.) See alaloa.

I. Ma na kauhale a me na kulanakauhale o Palesetine, ua ololi a maniania ole na alanui, no ka apuupuu o na kahua hale, Luk. 14:21, a he wahi akea nae ma na puka wai, Neh. 8:1. Ua kapaia hoi na alanui ma kekahi inoa e like me na alanui i keia wa, Oih. 9:11. Olelo mai o Iosepo, ua kipapaia lakou. He mau wahi kuai no na alanui e like me ma na Aina Hikina i keia wa e noho nei, a ua kapaia lakou mamuli o ka poe paahana, e like me ke alanui o ka poe kahu palaoa, Neh. 3:31, 32; Ier. 37:21. Ma na huina alanui, halii na kanaka i ko lakou moena, a noho iho no, e like me ka poe Tureke e noho nei, 1 Sam. 4:13; Iob. 29:7; a maanei ko lakou haipule ana i ka wa pule, Mat. 6:5.

(ke) alanui highway, road.

1. Road, highway; thoroughfare (HE) (T) (PE). 2. Waterway (PE).