updated: 7/15/2019

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Concordance - Lāʻieikawai

kanahā

1. num. forty.
2. n. star name (no data).
3. placename. wildlife sanctuary and pond near Kahului, Maui, said to have been built by Chief Kiha-a-Piʻilani, brother-in-law of ʻUmi (HM 387) who lived about A.D. 1500. (see Kiha-a-Piʻilani.) Nearly 500 native Hawaiian stilts (āeʻo) have been counted here at one time, about a third of the known total. Some 50 kinds of birds have been seen here, including herons, geese, ducks, owls, plovers, sandpipers, tattlers, coots, pheasants, and doves. Stream near Lahaina, Maui. Rock islet (1.2 acres, 100 feet elevation) and point, Hālawa qd., Molokaʻi. Valley, central Niʻihau. Stream beginning on Tantalus, Honolulu. lit.: the shattered [thing].

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Ch.15 p.77 para.5 sent.1Wae aʻela ke kuhina i nā waʻa kūpono ke holo, he iwakālua kaulua, ʻelua kanahā kaukahi, no nā kaukaualiʻi a me nā pūʻali o ke aliʻi kēia mau waʻa, a he kanahā peleleu, he mau waʻa ʻāʻīpuʻupuʻu no ke aliʻi ia, a ʻo ke aliʻi hoʻi a me kona kuhina, ma luna lāua o nā pūkolu.The counsellor chose the proper canoes for the trip, twenty double canoes, and twice forty single canoes, these for the chiefs and the bodyguard, and forty provision canoes for the chief's supplies; and as for the chief himself and his counsellor, they were on board of a triple canoe.
Ch.15 p.77 para.5 sent.2Wae aʻela ke kuhina i nā waʻa kūpono ke holo, he iwakālua kaulua, ʻelua kanahā kaukahi, no nā kaukaualiʻi a me nā pūʻali o ke aliʻi kēia mau waʻa, a he kanahā peleleu, he mau waʻa ʻāʻīpuʻupuʻu no ke aliʻi ia, a ʻo ke aliʻi hoʻi a me kona kuhina, ma luna lāua o nā pūkolu.The counsellor chose the proper canoes for the trip, twenty double canoes, and twice forty single canoes, these for the chiefs and the bodyguard, and forty provision canoes for the chief's supplies; and as for the chief himself and his counsellor, they were on board of a triple canoe.
Ch.16 p.83 para.5 sent.2Hoʻouna hou aku nō ke aliʻi hoʻokahi kanahā koa, pau nō i ka make.The chief again sent a band of forty; all were killed.
Ch.16 p.83 para.5 sent.3Pēlā mau aku nō ka make ʻana a hiki i ka ʻewalu kanahā o nā kānaka i pau i ka make.So it went on until eight times forty warriors had disappeared.
Ch.16 p.84 para.4 sent.2ʻAwalu kanahā i hoʻouna ʻia, ʻaʻole hoʻokahi o lākou i hoʻi aʻe.”eight times forty men have been sent — not one returned."
Ch.18 p.89 para.2 sent.2I na la i o Kaloakūkahi, haʻalele ʻo ʻAiwohikupua ia Kauaʻi, holo aku ʻo ia he kanahā kaulua, ʻelua kanahā kaukahi, he iwakalua peleleu.On the twenty-fourth day of the month Aiwohikupua left Kauai, sailed with 40 double canoes, twice 40 single canoes, and 20 provision boats.
Ch.22 p.117 para.3 sent.1Iā Waka i hiki aku ai ma ko Kekalukaluokēwā wahi, ʻōlelo akula, “Ua hiki mai ko wahine, no laila, e hoʻomākaukau ʻoe i kanahā lā.Then Waka came to Kekalukaluokewa and .said, "Your wife has come, so prepare yourself in forty days;

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