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akena

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

vt., To boast, brag, admire, praise.

  • Examples:
    • Kūʻē akena, to taunt, defy. Keiki akena ā haʻanui, child boaster and exaggerator.

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ʻākena

/ ʻā.kena / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

n., Agent, factor.

  • Eng.
  • Related:
    • Also: agena.

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A-KE-NA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

v. To be proud; boasting; to be high minded; proud of some favor received; ua akena mai o Poki i na mea pono o ke Akua ana i ike ai, Poki was boasting of the favors which God had permitted him to see; akena ia ia iho, to boast of one’s self; to behave boastingly, as in war, joined with singing.

A-KE-NA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

adv. Proudly; loftily; boastingly.

A-KE-NA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

s. Pride; haughtiness; feeling of superiority over others.

Akena (ā-ke'-na), adv.

/ ā-ke'-na / Parker Haw to Eng,

Boastfully; vaingloriously.

Akena (ā-ke'-na), n.

/ ā-ke'-na / Parker Haw to Eng,

Empty boasting; adulation; the expression of a feeling of superiority; undue admiration.

Akena (ā-ke'-na), v.

/ ā-ke'-na / Parker Haw to Eng,

To boast; to talk about one's self or one's affairs in a pretentious way; to brag.

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