Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n. Kind, variety, nature, character, disposition, bearing, type, brand, likeness, sort, way, manner, shape, tendency, fashion, style, mode, circumstance, condition, resemblance, image, color, moral quality, denomination, meaning (preceded by ke).

• Examples:
  • Ke ʻano o ka nohona, way of life, standard of living.
  • He aha ke ʻano? What is [it] like [sometimes said scornfully]? What kind of nonsense is that? He aha nō lā kou ʻano? What's the matter with you?
• Related:
  • hōʻano Caus/sim.; To cause to take a definite shape, produce a resemblance.
• References:
  • PPN kano.

2. vs. Somewhat, rather; to show signs of.

• Examples:
  • ʻAno maikaʻi, somewhat good, pretty good, fair.
  • ʻAno maikaʻi ʻole, not very good.
  • ʻAno ʻino, wicked, disorderly (of conduct).
  • ʻAno poepoe, somewhat round.
  • Ke ʻano mālie mai nei, beginning to clear up now.
  • E ʻano ua aku ana, it looks like rain.

loc.n., Now, present.

• References:
  • Gram. 8.6.

1. nvi. Awe, reverence, peacefulness, sacredness, holiness; feeling of awe, fear, or oppression; weird solitude, oppressive quiet; awestruck, lost in thought.

• Examples:
  • Ke ano mai nei ka nahele, ʻaʻohe manu o ke kula (song), the forest is silent, there are no birds in the plains.
  • Ano wale mai nō kō aloha, your love overpowers me.
• Related:
  • hōano Caus/sim.; Holy, devoted to sacred use, hallowed, solemn; to reverence, sanctify, attribute divine honor, hallow.
    • Poʻe Hōano o nā Lā Hope Nei, Latter-Day Saints.
    • Hōano, Hōano, Hōano (Hoik. 4.8), Holy, Holy, Holy.
    • Ē kō mākou Makua i loko o ka lani, e hōano ʻia kou inoa (Mat. 6.9), our Father which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

2. n. Time (in songs, and usually before ahiahi, rarely before kakahiaka).