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pananā

/ pana.nā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvs., Weak, tottering; such a Person.

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pānānā

/ pā.nā.nā / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., Compass; pilot; to row here and there irregularly.

  • Examples:
    • Aia i hea? Aia i ka ʻauwaʻa i pānānā. Where [is he]? With a fleet of straying canoes [anywhere, a way of avoiding the question].
  • References:

2. n., Possibly a local name of the Jacobean lily (Sprekelia formosissima 🌐), a kind of amaryllis from Central America, cultivated in Hawaiʻi since about 1850. The flowers are red, 8 to 10 cm long, irregularly funnel-shaped, usually single on a long stem. The plant is named for a chiefess, the wife of Samuel Parker, owner of the Parker Ranch.

  • References:
    • Neal 223.

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pānānā

kikino ｜ noun Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Compass, as for navigation (preceded by ke).

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panana

/ PA-NA-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To row a canoe irregularly; to sail crookedly; to go here and there; to go beyond the place intended; to exhibit great awkwardness in steering a canoe or vessel.

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panana

kikino ｜ noun / PA-NA-NA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Pa and nana, to look. A compass, especially a mariner's compass.

2. A pilot; one who directs the sailing of a vessel; he mea kuhikuhi holomoku.

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panana

kikino ｜ noun / pā'-nă-nā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Pa and nana, to look.]

1. n., A compass, especially a mariner's compass.

2. n., A pilot; one who directs the sailing of a vessel; he mea kuhikuhi holomoku.

3. n., A weak, tottering infant.

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panana

/ pā'-nă-na' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To direct the course of a canoe irregularly; to sail crookedly; to go here and there; to go beyond the place intended; to exhibit awkwardness in steering a canoe or vessel.

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pānānā

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To paddle a canoe irregularly; a pilot; marinerʻs compass.

pānana

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To climb, as a cat; to climb, as a mischievous child; to crook; to bend out of shape.

pānānā

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Compass.

pa’na’na

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

compass.

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