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nvt., Waiter, steward, treasurer; to wait on table; to supervise, put in order, arrange; to lay out, as measurements for a building.

  • Examples:
    • E kuene pono iho ai no kona kūlana (GP 66), to keep up his reputation.
    • E kuene pono iho ana lā, i paʻa pono ke kaula waha (chant for Queen Emma), all was fitted perfectly, so that the reins could be firmly held.
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1. v., To measure for the purpose of laying out the foundation of a house.

2. To frame; to lay out, as the frame of a building.

3. To set up; to put in order, as seats for a multitude; to set up the posts of a house.

4. To care for and divide out, as a steward does to a cook; to act the steward; ke hooko nei oia, ke kuene nei; e lana’e ka pepeiao ke kueneia nei.

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1. s., A steward; a treasurer. Isa. 22:15.

2. A small quantity of anything; a fraction, as half a glass of rum or water, &c.; he wahi kuene ai uuku, a little food.

3. Detraction; slander; false speaking against another.

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kuene

/ kŭ-ē'-ne' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., [Modern] A steward; a treasurer.

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kuene

/ kū'-ē'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A small quantity of anything; a fraction, as half a glass of rum or water: he wahi kuene ai uuku, a little food.

2. n., Detraction; slander.

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kuene

/ kū'-ē'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To measure for the purpose of laying out the foundation of a house.

2. v., To frame; to lay out, as the frame of a building.

3. v., To set up; to put in order, as seats for a multitude; to set up the posts of a house.

4. v., To supervise and apportion supplies, as a steward; to act the steward: ke hooko nei oia, ke kuene nei; e lana 'e ka pepeiao ke kueneia nei.

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