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pūnana

/ pū.nana / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Nest, gathering place, shelter, hive; to nest. Figuratively, home.

  • Examples:
    • Pūnana ka manu i Haili, the bird nests at Haili.
    • E make auaneʻi au i loko a kuʻu pūnana (Ioba 29.18); I shall die within my nest.
    • He aikāne, he pūnana na ke onaona, a friend is a nest of fragrance.
  • Related:
    • hoʻopūnana Caus/sim.; To make a nest, to settle in a nest or over young; to sit on eggs, as a hen; to take shelter.
      • Hoʻopūnana ka manaʻo, to set the mind on, plan, focus attention on.

2. n., A variety of sweet potato.

3. n., A process of making women's pāʻū; white tapa.

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punanā

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

Same as nanā, surly.

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pūnana

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Nest.

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PU-NA-NA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To sit on a nest, as a bird; to hatch eggs.

2. Hoo. To brood over; to cherish. Isa. 34:15.

3. To nestle; to cherish one’s self in a comfortable place; ke hoi nei makou e hoopunana i ka poli o ko makou mau makua.

4. To live; to dwell; applied to birds.

PU-NA-NA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A nest; a bird’s nest; punana manu. Kanl. 22:6.

2. FIG. The enjoyment of comforts. Iob. 29:18. A place of residence. Hab. 2:9.

3. A kind of white kapa.

Punana (pū'-nă'-na), n.

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

1. A bird's nest: punana manu.

2. Fig. The enjoyment of comforts.

3. A place of residence.

4. The process of cleaning soiled white tapa.

Punana (pū'-nă'-na), v.

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

To be hatched but still in the nest; to be recently hatched, as a nestling.

pūnana

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Kapa where the fibers show like the twigs in a birdʻs nest; white kapa.

punana

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

nest.

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