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1. n., Boundary, limit, border, margin, juncture, separation, partitioning; terms of a fraction.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ka hoʻohelu a me ka mahele pū, ua kapa ʻia lāua ʻelua, ʻo nā palena o ka hakina, the numerator and denominator together, are called the terms of the fraction.
• Related:
  • hoʻopalena Caus/sim.; to confine.
• References:
  • Cf. kaupalena.

2. Variant of pelena, crackers.

• Related:
  • Also: barena.

kikino, Boundary.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Palena kākele. Transform boundary, in plate tectonics, in geology.
  • Palena kuʻi. Convergent boundary.
  • Palena neʻe ʻoā. Divergent boundary.

kikino, Terms of a fraction, in math.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Palena haʻahaʻa loa. Lowest terms.

s. Pale and ana, a dividing off. A border or boundary. Kin. 49:13. A dividing line between two parts or places.

2. Name of people formerly in Kohala, a particular class of men under Kamehameha, some chiefs, some common people.

[Pale and ana, a dividing off.]

1. A border or boundary. A dividing line between two parts or places.

2. A class of people formerly dwelling in Kohala, a particular class of men under Kamehameha, some chiefs, some common people.

3. [Mod.] Same as berena, bread.

Class of men under Kamehameha at Kohala, some chiefs, others commoners. (A.)

border, limit.

1. Boundary; a dividing line between two places (T). 2. Mete (HRH). 3. Boundary, limit, border, margin, juncture, separation, partitioning (PE).