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kainō

/ kai.nō / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

idiom, Why not; I thought, presumed, or assumed (but it was not so).

  • Examples:
    • Kainō ua hele ʻoe, I thought you had gone.
    • Kainō hoʻi e hele mai ʻolua? Why donʻt you two come?
  • Related:
    • Also: kainoa.
  • References:
    • Gram. 4.6.

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kaino

/ KAI-NO / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., (Impersonal.) I thought; just as if; kaino he oiaio, aole ka! I thought it was true, but it is not; alaila, e i aku au ia oukou, ka! kainoia, alia e hoole.

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kainō

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

I thought (impersonal verb). Kainoa ua pau loa na kanaka Hawaiʻi i ka ike ʻau, I thought all the people of Hawaiʻi knew how to swim.

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