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maikaʻi

/ mai.kaʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvs., Good, fine, all right, well; good-looking; handsome, beautiful; goodness, righteousness, benefit, well-being, morality; good looks, good health.

  • Examples:
    • Pehea ʻoe? Maikaʻi nō. How are you? Fine.
    • He wahine maikaʻi loa ke nānā aku, a woman very good to look at.
    • He maikaʻi ʻōlelo, goodess in speech [with implication that actions are not good].
    • E ʻai ā pau maikaʻi ka iʻa, eat until the fish is completely finished.
  • Related:
    • hoʻomaikaʻi Caus/sim.; To thank, bless, render thanks, congratulate, make acceptable, praise, improve, perfect, correct; grateful, gratified, thankful.
      • See inu hoʻomaikaʻi, palapala hoʻomaikaʻi, pule hoʻo maikaʻi.
      • Hoʻomaikaʻi! Congratulations.
      • ʻŌlelo hoʻomaikaʻi, compliment, congratulations.
      • Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana, congratulations, improvement.
      • Lā Hoʻomaikaʻi, Thanksgiving Day.
      • Mele hoʻomaikaʻi, song of praise; Doxology.
      • ʻO wau nō me ka hoʻomaikaʻi, I am very gratefully yours [in conclusion of a letter].
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maikai

/ MAI-KAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Externally good; handsome; beautiful; he wahine maka maikai, a handsome woman.

2. Morally good; upright; correct; excellent.

3. The sum of external excellence in conduct.

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maikai

/ MAI-KAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Beauty; external excellence of persons or things.

2. Beauty of personal appearance; helehelena maikai. Eset. 1:11.

3. Goodness; that which is excellent in moral conduct; uprightness.

4. The sum of various external excellencies; ua like ka maikai me ka nani, ame ka hemolele, ame ka mimo, ame ka pono, ame ka panakai ole, ame ka auliiholo manu.

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maikai

/ MAI-KAI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To be handsome; to be externally good; to be pleasing to the sight.

2. To be of use; to be useful; to benefit; to be good.

3. Hoomaikai. To make good; to repair what has been wasted, lost or destroyed. 2 Oihl. 24:4. To supply a deficiency; to set things in order; to regulate.

4. To treat kindly; to speak favorably of. Kin. 12:15.

5. To bless; to praise, as in worship.

6. Passively, to cause to be blessed; to pronounce a blessing upon.

7. To honor; to reverence, as a worthy character. Puk. 20:12.

8. To exalt; to extol; to glorify.

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maikai

/ mā'i-ka'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. adj., Externally good; handsome; beautiful; he wahine maka maikai, a handsome woman.

2. adj., Morally good upright; correct; excellent. Externally excellent in conduct.

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maikai

/ mā'i-ka'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Beauty; external excellence of persons or things.

2. n., Beauty of personal appearance; helehelena maikai

3. n., Goodness; that which is excelient in moral conduct; uprightness.

4. n., The sum of various external excellencies; ua like ka maikai me ka nani, ame ka hemolele. ame ka mimo, ame ka pono, ame ka panakai ole, ame ka auliiholo manu.

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maikai

/ mā'i-ka'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To be handsome; to be externally good; to be pleasing to the sight.

2. v., To be of use; to be useful; to benefit; to be good; to be proper; to be in good form.

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maikai

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Fine. (A reply to “How are you? Peheaʻoe?”)

maika‘i

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

good, beautiful.

maikaʻi

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. Good. Thurston v. Bishop, 7 Haw. 421, 440 (1888). 2. Satisfactory. Harris v. Carter, 6 Haw. 195, 198 (1877). 3. Suitable; sufficient.

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