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Part. indicating that a question may be answered by yes or no, always following a word or phrase. (Gram. 7.5.) ʻAʻole anei? Isn't it so? Isn't it? Pēlā anei? Is it that way? Is that so? E hele ana anei ʻoe i ke kaona? Are you going to town? (PCP a(a)nei.)

loc.n., Here (usually after ma-, i, or kō: Gram. 8.6.).

• Examples:
  • Ē kuʻu aloha, maʻaneʻi mai, neʻeneʻe mai nō ā pili (song), my loved one, come here, sidle up close.
  • ʻAʻohe o ʻoneʻi wahine e like me ʻoe, ā inā nohoʻi no ʻaneʻi aku nei, ʻaʻole nō e hele mai i ʻaneʻi; he kapu o ʻaneʻi, he make (FS 259), none of the local women are like you, and had [you] been of this place, [you] would not have come here; it is taboo here, death.
• References:
  • See ex., nei #3, ʻōi.

2. Part., Doubtful (used idiomatically).

• Examples:
  • He paʻakai ʻaneʻi e heheʻe ai, so, like salt that melts [said by one who doesn't mind going into the rain].
• References:
  • Same as auaneʻi #2.
  • Gram. 7.5.