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kani

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvi., Sound or noise of any kind; pitch in music; to sound, cry out, ring, peal, jingle, tinkle, toll, whir, resound, reverberate; roar, rumble, crow, resonance; to strike or tick, of a clock, to sing, as birds; voiced.

  • Examples:
    • Kani ā hiaʻā, to grieve and moan so sorrowfully that one cannot sleep.
    • Kani ā ʻuʻina, flash of lighting followed immediately by a peal of thunder.
    • Leo kani, sweet or pleasant voice.
    • Mākaukau, kī, kani, ready, aim, fire.
    • Kani ka papa waʻa, the canoe floor sounds [a poetic expression applied to aged persons just before death, as the dead were sometimes laid in canoes which were placed in burial caves].
    • ʻUmi minuke i koe, kani ka hola ʻewalu, ten minutes before eight; literally, ten minutes remaining strikes the hour eight.
    • Ua pūhā kēia lāʻau, ke kani ʻia ala e ka manu (Nak. 36), this tree is rotten, [it] is being made to sound by the bird [said of a tree not suitable for a canoe: see ʻelepaio #1].
  • Related:
    • Ke kani ʻana o ka leo, the sound or tone of the voice, intonation.
    • Kani nā pele (song), jingle bells.
    • Kani ka pila, play music.
    • Kani ʻōkalakala, screech.
    • Kani ka moa, the rooster crows.
    • hoʻokani Caus/sim.; To play a musical instrument or drum; to cause to sound, honk; to crack, as a whip; to ring up on the telephone.
      • See ex., pila #1.
      • Hoʻokani pono, to tune, as a musical instrument.
      • Hoʻokani pihe, to shout, roar, wail, as by a crowd.
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2. vs., Strong, hard, tough.

  • Examples:
    • He poʻe lākou i kani ka iwi ā ua noho wahine hoʻi, they are a people whose bones have hardened and who are married to women.
    • Pūkoʻa kani ʻāina, a hard rock of land; figuratively, a tough fighter.
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3. vt., To satisfy a need, particularly thirst; to drink.

  • Examples:
    • E ʻeleu like aʻe kākou, e kani wai ā hoʻi aʻe (chant for Kapiʻolani), let's all hurry together, drink water and go home.
  • Related:
    • Kani ʻai, to eat.
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kani

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

kikino, Sound effects, as on a computer.

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kani

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao (2003+),

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kani

/ KA-NI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., To make a sound more or less musical; to hum, as a tune.

2. To strike, as a clock; kani wale ka wati me ka hookani ole ia aku e ka lima kanaka.

3. To sound, as a trumpet. Puk. 19:13.

4. To explode, as a pistol.

5. To crack, as a whip.

6. To rumble, as thunder.

7. To squeak, as shoes.

8. To crow, as a cock; ke kani mai nei ka moa.

9. Hookani. To sing; to praise; to play on an instrument of music. 1 Sam. 16:18, 23.

10. To cry out, as a multitude; to exclaim; hookani aku la na kanaka penei, the people exclaimed thus.

11. To be unpleasantly affected, as the ears at hearing bad news. 1 Sam. 3:11. Na mea kani, musical instruments.

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kani

kikino ｜ noun / KA-NI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., A singing; a ringing sound; a report, as of a gun; the sound of a trumpet, or of musical instruments.

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kani

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / KA-NI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Sounding; singing; squeaking; making a noise.

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kani

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / kă'-ni / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Sounding; singing; squeaking; making a noise.

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kani

kikino ｜ noun / kă'-ni / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., A singing; a ringing sound; a report, as of a gun; the sound of a trumpet, or of musical instruments.

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kani

/ kă'-ni / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

v., To be conveyed in sound. (For the transitive form, see hookani.)

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kani

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

All musical sounds come under the general designation kani, which may be compared with the Latin cantus (chant). Cantillation, specifically, in Hawaiian style is olioli, as distinct from mele, which has more melody than the simple recitative. In singing, different qualities of voice are recognized. Thus, we have ikuwā, full and strong, and nahenahe, with silvery clearness or mellifluous sweetness. The zephyr that blows softly is ahe, while the common blowing of the wind is puhi, perhaps like the English puff. The strong blast that strikes like a blow is pa. Other qualities of voice are hanapilo (hoarse); of (sharp, shrill); oeoe (steam whistle); henehene (screech, scream). The hula, is kuolokani; the drum, pahu kani; its booming sound, kaʻeleloi; the whistling of the nose flute, hoʻokio; any flutelike sound, palali; while trilling sounds, quick vibrations are kapalili. On the ʻūkākē, the Hawaiian musical bow (see “Music: Instruments”), the Hawaiian maestro can produce cries and calls that the listener comprehends as distinctly as a letter received from a friend.

kani

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

All musical sounds come under the general designation, which may be compared with the Latin cantus (chant).

kani

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

sounding; a singing, report of gun.

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