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law

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Kānāwai (for various kinds, see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it).

  • Related:
    • Code of law, kumukānāwai.
    • Lawmaking body, ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai.
    • Law of the splintered paddle, Māmala-hoe, Māmala hoa.
    • Other ancient laws: ʻaumoana, kaiʻokia, kolowalu.
    • To impose a law, hoʻokānāwai.
    • To enforce a law, hoʻokō kānāwai.
    • To obey a law, mālama kānāwai, hoʻolohe kānāwai.
    • To violate a law, aʻe (aʻe kū) kānāwai, pale kauoha, uhaki kānāwai.

law

Eng to Haw, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

Kānāwai.

  • Examples:
    • To break the law. Haʻihaʻi kānāwai, aʻe kānāwai. See outlaw.
    • Boyle's law, i.e. decreasing the volume of a gas will increase the pressure the gas exerts if the temperature remains constant. Ke kānāwai a Poila.
    • Charles' law, i.e. the volume of a gas increases as its temperature increases if the pressure remains constant. Ke kānāwai a Kale.
    • Civil law. Kānāwai kīwila, kānāwai sīwila.
    • Common law. Kānāwai kumu.
  • References:

Law

Eng to Haw, Andrews (1865),

he kanawai.

law

/ Law / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

h. he kanawai, he mula.

law

Eng to Haw, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

kānāwăĭ.

Law

/ Law / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

Kanawai.

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