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ʻŌlelo Noʻeau - Concordance

nani

nani
1. nvs. beauty, glory, splendor; beautiful, pretty, glorious, splendid.
2. s. Glory. Puk. 16:10. A high degree of external beauty; splendor; external excellence; i mea nani, a i mea maikai, for glory and for beauty. Puk. 28:2. Hoo. Glory. Hal. 96:8.
3. v. To be glorious. Hoo. To extol; to praise; to glorify; to be manifested or known as glorious. Puk. 14:4. see lani.
4. adj. Beautiful; glorious; excellent; numerous; pleasant.
5. n. beautiful flower (sometimes followed by -o- + place name). see nani ahiahi, nani aliʻi, nanikupulau, nani mau loa, naniohilo, nanioolaʻa, nani Waiʻaleʻale below...
6. n. good thing (idiom).
7. conj. since, because.
8. interj. how much, how.
9. (An intensive particle, intensifying in a high degree the idea of the words with which it is connected.) Nani ka maikai! O how beautiful! nani ka uuku! O how little! &c. Nani is also used with ino, another intensive. see ino. Nani ino kuu makemake! O how much I desire! or how very great is my desire! 2 Sam. 23:15. How much! how great! how noble! Ioan. 11:36. Nani is used impersonally; it is extraordinary; it is wonderful; it is unaccountable. Laieik. 71.

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171ʻAʻohe lihi ʻike aku i ka nani o Punahoa.Hasn’t known the beauty of Punahoa.
 [Used when the charms of a person or place are unknown. Punahoa is an unusually attractive place.]
230ʻAʻole nō i ʻike ke kanaka i nā nani o kona wahi i hānau ʻia ai.A person doesn’t see all the beauties of his birthplace.
 [One doesn’t see how beautiful his birthplace is until he goes away from home.]
837He nani hulali ka hao.A beauty like the shine of steel.
 [Not applied to persons. From the chorus of a song of the 1800s.]
838He nani wale nō o Puna mai ʻō a ʻō.There is only beauty from one end of Puna to the other.
 [There is nothing to complain about. Refers to Puna, Kauaʻi.]
2272Nani i ka hala ka ʻōiwi o Kahuku.The body of Kahuku is beautifed by hala trees.
 [Refers to Kahuku, Oʻahu.]
2273Nani Kaʻala, he kiʻowai na ke kēhau.Beautiful Kaʻala, a pool that holds the dew.
 [Praise of Mt. Kaʻala, on Oʻahu, a depository for the dew.]
2274Nani ka ʻike a ka heʻe i nā wahi leho liʻiliʻi.It is wonderful how the octopus notices the little cowries.
 [Said sarcastically of a man who looks at young girls with lust.]
2275Nani ka ʻōiwi o ka lāʻau i ka luaiele ʻia e ka makani.Beautiful is the body of the tree, even when swayed this way and that by the wind.
 [Even through adversities and dissipation some people remain handsome.]
2276Nani ka waiho a Kohala i ka laʻi.Beautiful lies Kohala in the calm.
 [An expression of admiration for Kohala, Hawaiʻi, or for a person with poise and charm — especially a native of that district.]
2277Nani Lēʻahi, he maka no Kahiki.Beautiful Lēʻahi, object of the eyes from Kahiki.
 [Diamond Head, always observed with interest by visitors from foreign lands.]
2278Nani Puna pō i ke ʻala.Beautiful Puna, heavy with fragrance.
 [Praise for Puna, Hawaiʻi, where the breath of maile, lehua, and hala blossoms are ever present.]
2611Pau kuhihewa i ka nani o ʻAipō.Gone are all the illusions of the beauty of ʻAipō.
 [Said of one who finds out for himself what a person, thing, or place is really like.]
2793Ua Ikapoka, ua hala ka nani o ka Ikelaʻela.It is Ichabod, for the glory of Israel has departed.
 [It is too late to do anything about it. Also expressed simply Ua Ikapoka.]
2846Ua pau koʻu lihi hoihoi i ka nani o Poka ʻAilana.I havent the slightest interest in the beauty of Ford Island.
 [Said when one has lost interest. This is a line from a chant.]

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