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s., The younger of two brothers or sister; used by a brother when speaking of a brother, or a sister of a sister. But, if a brother speak of a sister, or a sister of a brother, it is kaikunane.

n., The younger of two brothers or two sisters; used by a brother when speaking of a brother, or a sister of a sister. But if a brother speaks of a sister, or a sister of a brother, it is kaikunane. The word applies to the younger of two or more persons of like sex and parentage.

s., The elder of two brothers or sisters; used by a brother when speaking of a brother, or by a sister when speaking of a sister; but when a brother speaks of an elder sister, it is kaikuwahine. When a sister speaks of an elder brother it is kaikunane.

n., The elder of two brothers or sisters; used by a brother when speaking of a brother, or by a sister when speaking of a sister; but when a brother speaks of an elder sister, it is kaikuwahine. When a sister speaks of an elder brother it is kaikunane.

Younger of two brothers or two sisters. Used by a brother when speaking of a brother, or a sister of a sister. But if a brother speaks of a sister or vice-versa, they use kaikunāne. See kaikua.

n., Offspring of the marriage of a high-born brother and sister, or half-brother and half-sister. Literally, bent coconut midrib, i.e., of the same stalk.

1. s., A game played on a board with black and white stones.

2. The relationship of a brother to a sister, generally with the prefix kai; as, kaikunane, the brother of a sister.

n., The relationship of a brother to a sister, generally with the prefix kai; as, kaikunane, the brother of a sister.

nvi. Younger brother or sister; descendant of a younger brother or sister; to go behind.

Younger brother or sister; descendant of a younger brother or sister (PE).

1. Cousin. Makea v. Nalua, 4 Haw. 205 (1879). 2. Brother or male cousin of a female (PE). 3. The brother of a sister (AP).

Younger shark brother of Kane and Kanaloa; perhaps a brother of Pele. He was a trickster (kupua).

The very younger; a double epithet for a younger brother or sister; very dear little brother or sister.

Chief whose father and mother were both high chief and chiefess respectively and were also brother and sister or half-brother and half-sister.

1. vi. To leave, go or come back; to cause to come back. Cf. hoʻi hou. Hoʻi loa, to go or come permanently. E hoʻi ana au, I'm leaving. O hoʻi, go then. E hoʻi mai, come back. ʻA ʻole e hoʻi kō wahine ia mau hana (FS 273), these things won't cause your wife to return. (PPN foki.)

2. vi. To enter, as an institution or last resting place. Ua hoʻi i ke kula, has entered school.

3. n. A parting chant to which hula dancers dance as they leave the audience.

4. nvt. Marriage of a chief with the daughter of a brother or sister; to do so (a means of increasing the rank of the offspring). (Malo 55.)

5. Part. intensifying preceding base. See kāhoʻi, nohoʻi, Gram. 7.5. ʻElua hoʻi, just two; two indeed. ʻAʻohe hoʻi au i lohe, I certainly did not hear. (PPN foki.)

6. part. Also, too, besides. (Gram. 7.5.) ʻAʻole hoʻi, neither. (PPN foki.)

7. Part. expressing doubt, uncertainty. (Gram. 7.5.) Pehea hoʻi, how indeed, I don't know. He mea aha hoʻi! What indeed for!

vt., To look at with hatred; to lose affection for one; one who looks with hatred.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ke kanaka palupalu … e maka ʻino aku ia i kona hoahānau (Kanl. 28.54), the man that is tender … his eye shall be evil toward his brother.

n., Younger sibling or cousin of the same sex, as younger brother or male cousin of a male, or younger sister or female cousin of a female; sibling or cousin of the same sex of the junior line, whether older or younger.

• Examples:
  • Koʻu kaikaina, my younger sibling.
• Related:
  • hoʻokaikaina Caus/sim.; To claim a kaikaina relationship; to act as a kaikaina, to address and treat as kaikaina, as from affection.
• References:
  • Cf. kaina, Gram. 2.7.
  • PPN t(e,a)hina.

1. nvs., Arch, arc; bent, arched, curved; to arch, of a rainbow.

• Examples:
  • Kapiʻolani (name), the heavenly arch.
  • Ka piʻo mau o ke ānuenue i luna o ia wahi (FS 127), the constant arching of the rainbow above this place.
• Related:
  • hoʻopiʻo Caus/sim.; To arch, bend, curve, crook.
• References:
  • PPN piko .

2. n., Marriage of full brother and sister of nīʻaupiʻo rank, presumably the highest possible rank. Their offspring had the rank of naha, which is less than piʻo but probably more than nīʻaupiʻo. Later piʻo included marriage with half-sibling.

• References:
  • Cf. moe piʻo.
  • Malo 54.

3. Same as kāpiʻo #1.

1. Pas/imp. of puni 1–4. Ke ʻala o ka lauaʻe, punia ai ka nahele (chant), the fragrance of lauaʻe fern permeates the forest. Aloha wale kuʻu kaikunāne ē, ua punia au (dirge), alas for my brother, I am overcome with grief.

2. n. Head cold.

3. n. A kind of coconut, the husk of which is chewed for its sweet juice.

iʻoa French Frigate Shoals. Lit., name of Pele's brother left as an outguard on northwestern shoal as they travelled from Tahiti to Hawaiʻi.

nvt. Voice, tone, tune, melody, sound, command, advice, syllable, plea, verbal message; to speak, make a sound. Cf. leoleo, leo ʻole. Kona leo, his voice. Kāna leo, his tune. Ka leo o ke kai, the sound of the sea. Kū loa i ka leo, exactly like the voice; high fidelity. Nā leo a pau a kona kaikunāne (FS 259), all commands of her brother. I aliʻi nō ʻoe, i kanaka au, malalo aku au o kō leo (hula song), you be the chief, I the servant, I shall be obedient to your command. (PPN leʻo.)

n., Cousin; brother or sister, as a church member.

• Examples:
  • Kona hoahānau, his cousin.
  • Hoahānau Kamika, Smith Brothers [as the name of a firm].

s. A sister of a brother; e kuu lani, eia ko kuahine, o Kahalaomapuana, ka mea au e aloha nui nei. Laieik. 176.

A sister of a brother: E kuu lani, eia ko kuahine, o Kahalaomapuana, ka mea au e aloha nui nei; Here is your sister, Kahalaomapuana, the one whom you greatly love. Laieik. p. 176.

KUA 316 KUA

n., Brother or male cousin of a female.

• Related:
  • hoʻokaikunāne Caus/sim.; To claim a kaikunāne relationship, to act as a kaikunāne; to address and treat as kaikunāne, as from affection.
• References:
  • See kunāne.
  • Cf. Gram. 2.7.
  • PPN tungaʻane.

s. The brother of a sister. Kin. 20:5.

The brother of a sister.

n., The sister of a brother.

n.

1. Term of address for older sibling or cousin of the same sex, or cousin of the same sex of the senior line of a family; also sometimes used to replace the much more common kaikuaʻana or kaikuʻana. (PEP tuakana.)

2. First brewage of liquor; mixtures following are called pōkiʻi, little brother or sister.

n., First-born child, especially the eldest living member of the senior branch of a family; senior, older brother or sister.

1. A deity, brother of Kane. See kukanaloa.

2. A species of fish. Same as pakaiele.

3. Security; firmness; the state of being immovable.

Issue of two chiefs closely related by blood; child born of the union of a brother and sister.

n., Younger brother or sister; the last-born.

1. Reduplication of pahu #3.

• Examples:
  • Ua pahupahu ʻoia i kāna kaikaina, he bruised the feelings of his younger brother.
• References:
  • PPN pasupasu .

2. n.v., Billiards, pool; to play billiards or pool.

3. Reduplication of pahu #4; blunt, dull.

Reduplication of mokuāhua, grief.

• Examples:
  • Ua mokumokuāhua kona manawa i kona kaikaina (Kin. 43.30), his bowels did yearn upon his brother.

n. Brother or male cousin of a female, usually used only as term of address or as an affectionate variation of kaikunāne. (PPN tu(o)ngaʻane).

s. The sister of a brother. Kin. 12:13.

n., Uncle who is older brother or cousin of the father or mother.

n., Uncle who is younger brother of the father or mother.

n., Name applied by the priests of Umi to the gifts presented to Hakau, Umi's elder brother. (These gifts consisted of stones of all shapes and sizes, from the pebble to the rock requiring the strength of two men to carry; so generously were the gifts brought to Hakau that he was at last covered with them and disappeared from sight.)

n., Younger brother, sister, or cousin. Figuratively, genitals.

s. A younger brother of Kane and Kanaloa; they were all left on Lanai.

A younger brother of Kane and Kanaloa. They were all left on Lanai.

nvt., Union of brother and sister of high rank; to make such a marriage.

• Literally, bent marriage, supposedly of a thing bent against itself.
• Related:
  • Also: piʻo #2.
• References:
  • Malo 54.
  • Cf. nīʻaupiʻo.

vt., To force, attack, rape.

• Examples:
  • Ē kuʻu kaikunāne, mai puʻe wale mai ʻoe iaʻu (2 Sam. 13.12), my brother, do not force me.

Younger brother or sister (PE).

First-born child; senior, older brother or sister (PE).

Older brother or male cousin of father or mother.

Younger brother or male counsin of the father or mother.

a man‘s younger brother; a woman‘s younger sister.

a man‘s older brother; a woman’s older sister.

a woman’s brother.

older of brother or sister.

brother of a sister.

Older brother or sister.

Older brother or sister.

Peleʻs older and favorite brother. (DK.) He was called King of the Sharks.

Older brother or sister.

Kindred; some blood relation, brother, sister, cousin. Lit., companion by birth.

Brother or male cousin of a girl.

Brother of a girl.

Younger brother of a boy, younger sister of a girl.

Brother of a girl.

Older sister or brother.

Brother of a girl.

Younger brother of Pele.

Brother of Pele. Also the name of a fish god on Lanaʻi.

One of two sons of Kiʻi, a chief of Maui and Hawaiʻi, finally replaced by the Paʻao line. Nānā-ulu was his brother.

Highest or superior chief; to cohabit at that level, as a brother with a sister; child of such a union. Lit., a coconut leaf midrib bent, i.e., of the same stalk.