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kaʻana

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. vi., To divide, share, apportion.

  • Related:
    • hoʻokaʻana Caus/sim.; To divide equally among, share.

2. vi., To decoy, especially to attract uhu fish with a live uhu decoy; to proselyte.

  • Ke pōʻai haele nei ʻoukou i ke kai a me ka ʻāina, i kaʻana mai ai na ʻoukou kekahi haumana (Mat. 23:15), you encompass the seas and lands to make one proselyte; literally, so one pupil is decoyed by you.

3. n., A rolling, as of stones.

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KA-A-NA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To make alike; to resemble.

2. To bring over to one's party or purpose; to proselyte. Mat. 23:15.

3. To fall away from one party to another. 1 Oihl. 12:19. See KAA.

4. To make; to gain.

5. To deceive; to entrap; to outwit.

6. To compare, i. e., to resemble; to make like; to be mingled in with others; ua kaana ka iho (kapa) me ka hewa; ua kaana mai ka bipi hihiu maloko o ka bipi laka a laua, the wild cattle were mixed with the tame.

Kaana (kā'-ā'-na), v.

/ kā'-ā'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To make alike; to make a convert. Ua kaana mai ka bipi hihiu maloko o ka bipi laka.

2. To separate into parts for the purpose of allotment; to apportion.

Kāʻana

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Land section, Wai-mea district, Kauaʻi. Hill, Airport qd., Molo-kaʻi, famous for lehua. According to Emerson (UL 45), a rock here is the body of Kapo, a hula goddess and sister of Pele. The hill is said to be the site of the original school where the ancients learned hula dancing of every kind. Above the hill lived Kū-a-Pākaʻa, the punster and hero; he taught men to farm, build houses, and fish. (Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, September 14, 1922.) Lit., division.

kaʻana

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

To separate into lots for the purpose of allotment; to apportion (AP).

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