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akena

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vt., To boast, brag, admire, praise.

  • Examples:
    • Kūʻē akena, to taunt, defy. Keiki akena ā haʻanui, child boaster and exaggerator.

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ʻākena

kikino ｜ noun / ʻā.kena / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., Agent, factor.

  • Source:
    • English.
  • Related:
    • Also: agena.

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akena

/ A-KE-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To be proud; boasting; to be high minded; proud of some favor received; ua akena mai o Poki i na mea pono o ke Akua ana i ike ai, Poki was boasting of the favors which God had permitted him to see; akena ia ia iho, to boast of one’s self; to behave boastingly, as in war, joined with singing.

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akena

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / A-KE-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adv., Proudly; loftily; boastingly.

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akena

kikino ｜ noun / A-KE-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Pride; haughtiness; feeling of superiority over others.

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akena

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ā-ke'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adv., Boastfully; vaingloriously.

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akena

kikino ｜ noun / ā-ke'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., Empty boasting; adulation; the expression of a feeling of superiority; undue admiration.

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akena

hehele ｜ intransitive verb / ā-ke'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To boast; to talk about one's self or one's affairs in a pretentious way; to brag.

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ʻakena

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Agent.

akena

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Puffed up with pride, haughtiness; feeling of superiority over others. See haʻanoʻu.

akena

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

agent; to boast, brag.

ʻākena

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Word borrowed from the English word “agent.” Also, ʻākena.

ʻākena

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Word borrowed from the English word, “agent” (PE). Also, ʻagena.

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