1. nvs. beauty, glory, splendor; beautiful, pretty, glorious, splendid.
2. n. beautiful flower (sometimes followed by -o- + place name). see nani ahiahi, nani aliʻi, nanikupulau, nani mau loa, naniohilo, nanioolaʻa, nani Waiʻaleʻale below...
3. n. good thing (idiom).
4. conj. since, because.
5. interj. how much, how. |
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| Ch.1 p.1 para.2 sent.1 | I ka manawa i lawe ai ʻo Kahauokapaka iā Mālaekahana i wahine male nāna (hoʻāo), ma hope iho o ko lāua hoʻāo ʻana, haʻi mua ʻo Kahauokapaka i kāna ʻōlelo paʻa i mua o kāna wahine, ʻo lāua wale nō ma ke kaʻawale, ʻoiai i loko o ko lāua mau minuke ʻoluʻolu, a eia ua ʻōlelo paʻa lā, “E kuʻu wahine, he nani ia ua male aʻe nei kāua, a no laila, ke haʻi nei au i kuʻu ʻōlelo paʻa iā ʻoe. | At the time when Kahauokapaka took Malaekahana to wife, after their union, during those moments of bliss when they had just parted from the first embrace, Kahauokapaka declared his vow to his wife, and this was the vow: My wife, since we are married, therefore I will tell you my vow: |
| Ch.2 p.9 para.7 sent.1 | I ka manawa naʻe a Lāʻieikawai i hōʻike ai i kona mau maka mai kona hūnā ʻia ʻana e kona kupuna wahine, luliluli aʻela ke poʻo o ke kupuna wahine ʻaʻole e hōʻike kāna moʻopuna iā ia iho, no ka mea, e lilo auaneʻi ka nani o kāna moʻopuna i mea pākūā wale. | When Laieikawai uncovered her face which her grandmother had concealed, the grandmother shook her head at her grandchild to forbid her showing it, lest the grandchild's beauty become thereafter nothing but a common thing. |
| Ch.2 p.11 para.5 sent.1 | A lohe ke aliʻi i kēia ʻōlelo, nīnau akula, “Inā ua like kona maikaʻi me kuʻu kaikamahine nei lā, a laila, ua nani ʻiʻo,” a no kēia nīnau a ke aliʻi, noi akula ua wahi kanaka nei e hōʻike ʻia mai ke kaikamahine aliʻi i mua ona, a lawe ʻia maila ʻo Kaʻulaʻailehua, ke kaikamahine a ke aliʻi. | When the chief heard these words he said, "If she is as good looking as my daughter, then she is beautiful indeed." At this saying of the chief, the man begged that the chiefess be
shown to him, and Kaulaailehua, the daughter of the chief, was brought thither. |
| Ch.2 p.12 para.2 sent.2 | Nani ʻiʻo akula! | She must be beautiful indeed |
| Ch.3 p.19 para.3 sent.8 | A i ka mao ʻana aʻe, e kau mai ana kēlā i luna o ka ʻēheu o nā manu me kona nani nui.” | and when it passed away she lay resting on the wings of birds in all her beauty." |
| Ch.4 p.26 para.1 sent.1 | A i loko o ko lāua manawa kamaʻilio, hoʻopuka akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua i kona manaʻo i mua o ke aliʻi wahine, “He nani hoʻi ia ua pili aʻe nei koʻu kino me ʻoe, a ua maikaʻi nō, akā, ʻaʻole kāua e launa koke. | During the talk, Aiwohikupua gave to the princess this counsel. "Although I belong to you, and this is well, yet let us not at once become lovers, |
| Ch.9 p.48 para.11 sent.2 | ʻAlua i hala, ʻekolu i koe,” wahi a kona kuhina, “kuʻu ʻia aku paha i pau, he nani ia ua pau nā kaikuahine o kāua i ke kiʻi. | two are out; three remain," said his counsellor. "Let all your sisters take a chance: this will be
best; |
| Ch.10 p.52 para.5 sent.4 | Eia kāna ʻōlelo, “He nani ia ua maliu ʻole maila ko kākou kaikunāne aliʻi i kā Mailehaʻiwale a me Mailekaluhea i kā lāua ualo aku, e aho e hele nō kākou ma uka a kahi e pae aʻe ai lākou, a laila, na Mailelauliʻi e kaukau aku i ko kākou kaikunāne. | These were her words: "It is clear that our brother chief is not pacified by the entreaties of Mailehaiwale and Mailekaluhea. Let us, better, go by land to their landing place, then it will be Mailelaulii's turn to sing. |
| Ch.22 p.115 para.2 sent.7 | He nani ia ua ʻimi akula nō i ke kāne, hana pono iho nā lima, i kāu kāne nā pono a me kou hanohano.” | that you must look for from your husband; work with your own hands; let your husband be your fortune and your pride," |
| Ch.24 p.126 para.6 sent.2 | A mao aʻe ka ʻohu a me ka noe, aia ʻolua e kāu aku ana i luna o nā manu me ko ʻolua nani nui. | the clouds and mist shall rise, and there will be you two resting upon the birds in all your splendor. |
| Ch.24 p.128 para.6 sent.1 | Iā Lāʻieikawai mā ma ʻOlaʻa, e noho ana nō ʻo ia me kona nani. | Laieikawai was at Olaa as beautiful as ever, |
| Ch.26 p.136 para.8 sent.2 | He nani nō kēia poʻe, ʻaʻole naʻe e like aku me kekahi o kaʻu poʻe kaikamāhine.” | These are pretty enough, but not like my daughters." |
| Ch.31 p.168 para.3 sent.1 | I kēlā hele ʻana kēia hele ʻana a Kaʻōnohiokalā i kāna hana mau i lalo nei, a hiki i ka ʻehā makahiki, aia hoʻi, ua hoʻomāhuahua ʻia mai ka nani o Lāʻielohelohe ma mua o kāna ʻike mua ʻana, a māhuahua loa aʻela ka manaʻo ʻino o Kaʻōnohiokalā. | On every trip Kaonohiokala took to do his work below, for four years, lo! Laielohelohe's loveliness grew beyond what he had seen before, and his sinful lust increased mightily, |
| Ch.32 p.173 para.3 sent.2 | Iā Lāʻielohelohe me Kaʻōnohiokalā, ʻo lāua wale nō ma ke kaʻawale, ʻī akula, “ʻO ka ʻekolu kēia o koʻu mau makahiki (puni) o ka makemake ʻana iā ʻoe, no ka mea, ua ulu kou nani a pāpale ma luna o kou kaikuaʻana (Lāʻieikawai). | When Laielohelohe and Kaonohiokala were alone he said, "This is the third year that I have desired you, for your beauty has grown and overshadowed your sister's, Laieikawai's. |
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