anana
n. Fathom: formerly the distance between tips of longest fingers of a man, measured with arms extended on each side; Catholic writers equated anana with one meter (Kam. 76:50–1); to count by this measurement or by fathoms. Cf. ana 1.
ʻānana
nvt. To strain, as juice or poi. Same as kānana.
A-NA-NA
v. Conj. 9th of ana, to measure.
A-NA-NA
s. A common but indefinite measure formerly used; the length of the arms and body when both arms were extended, to the ends of the longest fingers.
2. A fathom.
Anana (ā-nă'-nă), n.
/ ā-nă'-nă /1. The length of the arms extended, including the body, measured to the tips of the longest fingers: a common but indefinite measure formerly used.
2. A measure of length equivalent to six feet; originally, the space to which a man may extend his arms; a fathom.
Anana (ā-nă'-nă), v.
/ ā-nă'-nă /To enumerate by fathoms.
anana
Distance between the tips of a manʻs fingers with the arms extended on each side; a fathom.
ANANA
I. he Iudaio no Ierusalema. ke kane a Sapira. Hoopili ae laua i ka poe Kristiano. a no kona wahahee nae. no ke kumukuai o ko laua aina i hoolaa e ia e laua na ke Akua, make koke iko la ia. ia Petero i hoike aku ai ia mea Oih. 5:1-10.
II. He Kristiano no Damaseko nana i hookaakaa ka maka o Paulo, mahope o kona ike ana ia Iesu ma ke alanui, Oih. 9:10-17; 22:12.
III. He kahuna-nui o ua Iudaio, ke keiki a Nebedeo. Na Kuaderato, ke kiaaina o Suria ia i koouna aku i Roma, no ka mea, ua koopiiia oia imua o ke alii, a ua haawiia kona wahi na Ionetana; a hookuu wale ia nae ia e Kelaudio, ke alii, hoi hou ia i Palesetine. Mahope, a make o Ionetana ia Pelika, komo hou o Anania i ka oihana kahuna-nui i panihakahaka, a haawiia ua oihana nei na Isemaela e Ageripa. O ua Anania nei ka mea nana i kauoha i ka poe e ku kokoke ana e pai ia Paulo ma ka waha, ia ia hoi e ku ana imua ona me ka poe Sauekederima pu kekahi. Aole i liuliu mahope mai, a ko io ka wanana hoahe- wa a Paulo ia ia; no ka mea. i ka wa i koopuniia o Ierusalema, puhi ka poe pepehi i ka hale ona, a pepehi no hoi ia ia, ma kahi i pee aku ai oia, ma kekahi auwai, Oik. 23:2; 24:1.
anana
a fathom.
anana
1. One fathom or six feet. Nahaolelua v. Kaaahu, 9 Haw. 600, 601 (1894). 2. The length of the arms extended, including the body, measured to the tips of the longest fingers; a common but indefinite measure formerly used; a measure of length equivalent to six feet (AP).
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