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kānalua

/ kā.nalua / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvi., Doubtful, undecided, dubious, uncertain; to doubt, hesitate, distrust; reluctance, doubt, hesitation.

  • Examples:
    • Members of the Territorial legislature abstained from voting by saying, “kānalua.”
  • Related:
    • hoʻokānalua Caus/sim.; To cause doubt.
      • Hoʻokānalu ʻole ʻia ʻo kona ʻdoiaʻiʻo, there is no cause to doubt its truth.

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kānalua

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

v., To be in doubt; to hesitate between two things; to be in doubt how to act in a certain case; to be in doubt how to account for an event; to have in suspense; to hang in doubt. Kanl. 28:66. Hoʻokānalua. To put, make or cause one to be in doubt. Ioan. 10:24. See kūiheʻe.

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kānalua

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

s., Doubt; uncertainty what to think or how to act.

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kānalua

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

adj., Wavering; fickleminded; fearful of a result.

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kanalua

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

num., adj., Two tens; twenty; elua umi, umi lua. kamk.

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kānalua

/ kā'-nă-lū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Wavering; fickleminded; fearful of a result.

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kanalua

/ kă'-nă-lū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

num., adj., [Kana, tenfold, and lua, two.] Two tens; twenty; elua umi, umi lua.

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kānalua

/ kā'-nă-lū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., Doubt; uncertainty as to what to think or how to act.

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kānalua

/ kā'-nă-lū'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To be in doubt; to hesitate between two things; to be in doubt how to act in a certain case or how to account for an event.

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kānalua

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To be in doubt; to hesistate between two things. See kuʻihē.

kanalua

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

doubtful.

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