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nvt. To plant, bury; planting, burial. Figuratively, hereditary.

  • Examples:
    • Kanu papahu wili, to set solidly into the ground by twisting in and then tamping with a post; literally, plant stick twist.
    • He moʻopuna na kō lākou haku kanu, he was a grandson of their hereditary lord.
  • References:
    • PPN tanu.

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vs. Sullen, sulky, stubborn.

kik/ham Crop or planting, i.e. the number of plantings of a particular plant. ʻEkolu kanu laiki ʻana o kēia loʻi o ka makahiki. This paddy produces three crops of rice per year. Cf. meaulu.

v. To bury, as a corpse. 1 Sam. 25:1. To cover up in the earth.

2. To plant, as seed; to plant out a vegetable. Hal. 80:15. To transplant.

3. To hide in the earth.

v. To be silent; to be stubborn.

s. A burial; a planting; a putting out of sight in the earth.

adj. Mea kanu, seed or a vegetable for planting; laau kanu, a tree for planting.

Kanu (kă'-nu), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Relating to plants or seeds: mea kanu, seed or a vegetable for planting; laau kanu, a tree for planting.

KAN 263 KAO

A burial; a planting; concealing in the earth.

1. To bury, as a corpse; to cover with, earth.

2. To plant, as seed.

3. To transplant.

4. To hide in the earth.

5. To set firmly in the earth.

Kanu (kă'-nū'), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be sullen; to be stubborn.

To bury, cover up in the earth; burial.

to bury or plant.

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