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KūmoleSource:

vt., To boast, brag, glorify, praise; boastful, conceited, proud.

  • Examples:
    • No koʻu ʻike i ka maikaʻi, koʻu mea nō, ia i ʻōlelo kaena ai (saying), as for my knowledge of beauty, that's something I brag about.

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s. A room in a house. Mar. 14:15. A cabin in a ship; a drawer of a bureau; a closet of a room. See KEENA.

v. To boast; to glory; to brag. 1 Oihl. 16:10. To make pretenses; to boast of what one has done. 2 Oihl. 28:19. To be self-conceited; auhea la ka mea nui i kaene ai oukou ia oukou iho? where is the great thing for which you boast yourselves? See KAEENA.

s. High mindedness; pride; self-exaltation.

adj. Excelling; going before; self-opinionated.

adj. With certainty; surely; without error, &c.; no ko'u ike i ka maikai, ko’u mea no ia i olelo kaena ai, from my knowledge of beauty, I can speak with confidence.

Kaena (kā'-ē'-na), adj.

/ kā'-ē'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Boastful; self-opinionated.

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Kaena (kā'-ē'-na), adv.

/ kā'-ē'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

With certainty; surely; without error, etc.; no ko'u ike i ka maikai, ko'u mea no ia i olelo kaena ai, from any knowledge of beauty, I can speak with confidence.

Kaena (kā'-ē'-na), n.

/ kā'-ē'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. High mindedness; pride; self-exaltation.

2. Same as keena.

Kaena (kā'-ē'-na), v.

/ kā'-ē'-na / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To boast; to glory; to brag; to be conceited: auhea la ka mea nui i kaena ai oukou ia oukou iho? Where is the great thing for which you boast yourselves?

Kaena (kā'e-nă):

/ kā'e-nă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

room. Land section, Koolauloa, Oahu.

Kaena (kă'-e'nă):

/ kă'-e'nă / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

the hot anger. Land sections, various localities.

The braggart is not unknown in Hawaiʻi nei and his style of talk is termed kaena; if delivered with abundant gesticulation, it is liki.

To boast, glorify; to make pretences about what one has done. (2 Oihn. 28:19.)

Self-opinionated, proud; to make pretenses; to boast of accomplishments; to be conceited.

to boast, glory, brag, be conceited.

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