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1. n., Male, husband, male sweetheart, man; brother-in-law of a woman; male, masculine; to be a husband or brother-in-law of a woman.

• Examples:
  • Kai kāne (Kep. 183), strong sea.
  • Hana keiki kāne, man's work requiring strength.
• Related:
  • Pipi kāne, bull.
  • hoʻokāne Caus/sim.; To behave as a male; masculine; to adopt a man as a platonic friend, said of a woman (the relationship cements friendship between the relatives of both participants); to offer to become husband or sweetheart.
    • Cf. hoʻowahine.
    • Ua hoʻokāne aku nei mākou nāu (For. 4:59), we have obtained a husband for you.
• References:
  • See kāne o ka pō.
  • PPN taʻane.

2. (Cap.) n., The leading of the four great Hawaiian gods: see HM 42–66.

• References:
  • PCP Taane.

3. (Cap.) n., Name of the 27th night of the lunar month.

• Related:
  • Kapu Kāne (Malo 35), monthly taboo nights of Kāne and Lono.

4. (Cap.) n., Name of a sacred star, seen by priests as portending great misfortune, as the death of a chief; perhaps a variable like Mira or Algol, or even a nova.

5. n., Name given at ʻEwa, Oʻahu, for the Tahitian banana known as polapola and hēʻī.

• Related:
  • Hoʻokae kāne. Misandry, hatred of males.
• References:
  • See hoʻokae.

Architect and builder, one of the four great gods. God of creation, sunlight, fresh water, and forests. There were no human sacrifices in his heiau. Prayers were offered to some sev- enty forms of Kāne. (KILO.)

Husband. Also called kāne i ka ʻili.

Twenty-seventh night, when the moon diminishes. A potato planting day. Kapu Kāne, kapu nights of Kāne and Lono.

1. Husband. In re Estate of Moehonua, 6 Haw. 338, 341 (1882). 2. The male; a husband (AP). 3. Male, husband, man; brother-in-law of a woman (PE).