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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.
• References:
  • Cf. leokani.
  • PPN tangi .

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.
• References:
  • Cf. kani wahie, wīkani.

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.
• References:
  • Cf. Kanilehua.

kikino, Sound effects, as on a computer.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• References:
  • See kani keaka, pīpa.

• Related:
  • See māmā kani, palena holo kani.

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.

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

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

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

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

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