maikaʻi
1. 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.
4. s. Beauty; external excellence of persons or things.
5. Beauty of personal appearance; helehelena maikai. Eset. 1:11.
6. Goodness; that which is excellent in moral conduct; uprightness.
7. 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.
8. v. To be handsome; to be externally good; to be pleasing to the sight.
9. To be of use; to be useful; to benefit; to be good.
10. Hoo. 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.
11. To treat kindly; to speak favorably of. Kin. 12:15.
12. To bless; to praise, as in worship.
13. Passively, to cause to be blessed; to pronounce a blessing upon.
14. To honor; to reverence, as a worthy character. Puk. 20:12.
15. To exalt; to extol; to glorify.
16. nvs. good, fine, all right, well; good-looking; handsome, beautiful; goodness, righteousness, benefit, well-being, morality; good looks, good health. |
| 135 | ʻAʻohe e nalo ka iwi o ke aliʻi ʻino, o ko ke aliʻi maikaʻi ke nalo. | The bones of an evil chief will not be concealed, but the bones of a good chief will. |
| | [When an evil chief died, the people did not take the trouble to conceal his bones.] |
| 1232 | I maikaʻi ke kalo i ka ʻohā. | The goodness of the taro is judged by the young plant it produces. |
| | [Parents are often judged by the behavior of their children.] |
| 1254 | I pīʻena ka lio i ka pūnuku; e komo kaula waha ʻia ka maikaʻi. | The horse shies at the halter; better use the bridle. |
| | [Advice not to suppress the activities of a wild-behaving person all at once, but to tame him gradually.] |
| 1831 | Kole ka waha i ka hānai wahine maikaʻi. | One’s mouth can grow weary and sore when one rears a beautiful daughter. |
| | [Said when a hard-headed daughter finds suitors who are not to one’s liking.] |
| 1878 | Kū i ka poholima ua mea he wahine maikaʻi. | A beautiful woman stands on the palm of the hand. |
| | [A beautiful woman makes one desire to caress and serve her.] |
| 2060 | Maikaʻi Kauaʻi, hemolele i ka mālie. | Beautiful Kauaʻi, peaceful in the calm. |
| | [Line from a chant.] |
| 2061 | Maikaʻi nō ka hoʻoipoipo i ka wā e lana ana ke koko; a pau ka lana ana, pau nō ka hie o ia mea. | Lovemaking is good when the blood is circulating freely [in youth]; but when the blood ceases to circulate freely [as in old age] the pleasure one derives from it ceases. |
| 2180 | Mōhala maikaʻi ke oho o ke kupukupu. | Unfolded well are the fronds of the ferns. |
| | [Said of a handsome person.] |
| 2509 | ʻO Makaliʻi ke kāne, ʻo Hiʻipoi ka wahine, hānau ke keiki he maikaʻi. | Makaliʻi is the husband, Hiʻipoi (Cherished-one) the wife; a child born to them is well behaved. |
| | [Said of a child born in the month of Makaliʻi.] |
| 2862 | Uʻi nō ke kanaka; maikaʻi nō ka ʻōlelo. | Handsome is the man; good are his words. |
| | [Said of one who is both good-looking and courteous.] |