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Kanaka, mea, kama.

• Also: maka, kino; kaʻaka (slang); pelekona.
• Figurative: manu, ulua.
  • Distinguished person, mea hanohano, ao loa.
  • Beloved person, mea nui, lei hulu, lei ʻāʻī, hulu ʻaina ʻole, pua laha ʻole.
• First person, kino mua, kino kahi.
• Second person, kino lua.
• Third person, kino kolu.
• The person who, ka i, ke.
• This person, ia nei.
• Divine or godly person, mea akua.
• Unusual person, one of another race, mea ʻē.
• Person one thinks of constantly, pulakaumaka.
• Mature person, kanaka makua.

ke kino o ke kanaka, wahine, keiki paha.

h. he kanaka, he wahine, ha keiki.

kănă'kă, meă.

1. Ke kino. 2. Mea. Some person, kekahi mea. First person, ka mea e kamailio ana. Second person, ka mea i kamailio ia. Third person, ke kumu o ke kamailio.