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1. nvs., Human being, man, person, individual, party, mankind, population; subject, as of a chief; laborer, servant, helper; attendant or retainer in a family (often a term of affection or pride); human sacrifice (FS 111); physique; human, manly, pregnant, inhabited; Hawaiian; private individual or party, as distinguished from the government.

  • Examples:
    • Koʻu kanaka, my helper, servant, etc.
    • Kaʻu kanaka, my man selected for a purpose.
    • Kanaka nō! A real man! Well done! People have come.
    • Mahalo ʻia ke kāne i ke kanaka maikaʻi (FS 205), the man was admired for his handsome physique.
    • He kanaka maoli, a true human, a mortal.
    • I wawā ʻia nō he hale kanaka, na wai e wawā ka hale kanaka ʻole? (name song for Kaʻahumanu), the inhabited house sounds with voices, who would talk loud in an uninhabited house?
  • References:
    • Singular; cf. the plural, kānaka.
    • PPN tangata.

2. n., After end of the float of a canoe.

3. n., Clitoris.

4. (Cap.) nvs., Canada; Canadian.

  • Eng.

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Plural of kanaka #1.

  • References:
    • PNP taangata.

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See entries below and aʻo launa kanaka. Hoʻokae kanaka. Misanthropy, hatred of mankind. See hoʻokae. Noʻonoʻo kanaka. Common sense; to use common sense.

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ʻAilana Kanaka. Isle of Man.

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iʻoa Canada; Canadian. Dic., sp. var.

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