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nani
1. nvs., Beauty, glory, splendor; beautiful, pretty, glorious, splendid.
2. n., Beautiful flower (sometimes followed by -o- + place name).
3. n., Good thing (idiom).
- Examples:
- He nani nō ia, it's a good thing.
4. conjunction, Since, because.
- Examples:
- Nani hoʻi ua kiʻi ʻia maila e make, he aha lā hoʻi … (Kel. 37), since [I] am indeed summoned by death, what of it …
- Nani nō ia e hele ana ʻoe i ke kula, e hoʻoikaika i ka haʻawina, since you are going to school, work hard on the lessons.
5. interjection, How much, how.
- Examples:
- Nani ka maikaʻi, how fine.
- Nani ka pupuka, how very ugly.
- Nani ʻino kuʻu makemake, how much I want it.
- (He may precede nani in these sentences.)
nani
/ NA-NI /s., Glory. Puk. 16:10. A high degree of external beauty; splendor; external excellence; i mea nani, a i mea maikai, for glory and for beauty. Puk. 28:2. Hoonani. Glory. Hal. 96:8.
nani
/ NA-NI /v., To be glorious. Hoonani. To extol; to praise; to glorify; to be manifested or known as glorious. Puk. 14:4. See lani.
nani
/ NA-NI /adj., Beautiful; glorious; excellent; numerous; pleasant.
nani
/ NA-NI /(An intensive particle, intensifying in a high degree the idea of the words with which it is connected.) Nani ka maikai! O how beautiful! nani ka uuku! O how little! &c. Nani is also used with ino, another intensive. See ino. Nani ino kuu makemake! O how much I desire! or how very great is my desire! 2 Sam. 23:15. How much! how great! how noble! Ioan. 11:36. Nani is used impersonally; it is extraordinary; it is wonderful; it is unaccountable. Laieik. 71.
nani
/ nă'-ni /adj., Beautiful; glorious; excellent.
nani
/ nă'-ni /n., Glory; a high degree of external beauty; splendor; external excellence; i mea nani, a i mea maikai, for glory and for beauty.
nani
/ nă'-ni /an intensive participle intensifying in a high degree the idea of the words with which it is connected: Nani ka maikai O how beautiful! nani ka uuku! O how little! etc. Nani is also used with ino, another intensive. See ino. Nani ino kuu makemake! O how much I desire! or how very great is my desire! How much! how great! how noble! Nani is used impersonally; it is extraordinary: it is wonderful; it is unaccountable. Laieik. p. 71.
nani
/ nă'-ni /1. v., To be glorious; to be extolled.
2. v., To be beautiful; to be an object of admiration.
nani
glory, splendor: beautiful.
Na-ni
v. hoo-to exiol praine, glorify, See lani hoo.
Na-ni
adj. beautiful, glorious, pleasant, profitable, numerous.
Na-ni
s. glory.
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