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nvs. West, western, so-called because the sun “enters” (komo) the sea in the west. (Komo, to enter + -hana, nominalizer: Gram. 6.6.2.) (PEP tomo(f,s)anga.)

kikino West. Dic. Abb. Km. Poepoe hapa komohana. Western hemisphere.

s. Komo and hana, h inserted for ana. An entering in, as the sun in setting appeared to Hawaiians to enter into the sea; the sinking or going down of the sun.

2. The west, the place where the sun enters the sea. See KOMO, to sink.

adj. Western; pertaining to the west. Puk. 10:19.

Komohana (kō'-mŏ-hā'-na), adj.

/ kō'-mŏ-hā'-na / Parker Haw to Eng,

Western; pertaining to the west.

Komohana (kō'-mŏ-hā'-na), n.

/ kō'-mŏ-hā'-na / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. The sinking or going down of the sun.

2. The west, the place where the sun enters the sea.

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