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Nominalizer noted in pale, to ward off, and palekana, safety; pill, to cling, and pilikana, relative. (PPN -tanga.)

1. poss. His, hers, its (a-form; see Gram. 8.4, 9.6). (PNP tana, taʻana; PEP taʻana, PCP taana,)

2. Also Sana (Cap.) n. Saint (in proper names). Kāna Lui, Saint Louis.

3. n. Canna. Eng.

1. num. Tens (usually compounded with numbers from three to nine to indicate 30 to 90).

• Examples:
  • Kanaiwa, ninety.
  • Nā kana ʻekā (Kep. 159), tens of banana hands.
  • ʻO ka waʻa kana koʻokahi (Nak. 40), ten one-man canoes.
• References:
  • Gram. 10.3.

2. Idiom that follows perfective verb marker i and poss. o, and is followed by directionals; it is preceded by negatives. Extremely, beyond compare, without limit (in both favorable and pejorative senses).

• Examples:
  • ʻAʻohe i kana mai ka nui, ever so huge.
  • ʻAʻole o kana mai kāu hana! What a lot of work you have to do! Theres no limit to your work! What dreadful things you do [in anger].
  • ʻAʻole a kana mai ka uʻi! How perfectly beautiful!
• Related:
  • Also: see kaʻe #2.

3. n., Horizontal support in houses for carrying poles (ʻauamo).

4. (Cap.) n., A stroke in lua fighting, for chiefs.

5. (Cap.) A demigod.

• References:
  • HM 464–77.
  • See Kapuaʻi-o-Kana.

6. Variant of pana, to shoot.

• Rare

7. n., Ton.

• Eng.
• Related:
  • Also: kona.