kūlana
/ kū.lana /nvs., Station, rank, title, condition, position, place, quality, grade, rating, reputation (see ex., kuene), stance, attitude, poise, carriage, posture, situation, patch, site; outstanding, prominent (kū, stand, + -lana, nominalizer).
- Examples:
- Mamuli o ke kūlana, by reason of position, ex officio.
- Kūlana o ka nohona, standard of living.
- Kūlana kiʻekiʻe, high position, rank, station.
- Kūlana makahiki, age.
- Kūlana ipu, melon patch.
- Nā kūlana o kēia kūʻai hoʻolilo, the conditions of this sale.
- References:
- Cf. kūlanakauhale.
- PNP tuʻulanga.
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kūlana
kikino ｜ nounkikino, Status, rank, as position or social standing.
- Source:
- Examples:
- Kūlana olakino. Health status.
- Kūlana ʻelua. Runner-up, second place. Ua puka wau i ke kūlana ʻelua. I took second place.
- References:
- Cf. pae.
- See kūlana pale, moho.
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kulana
/ KU-LA-NA /s., Ku and lana, to float. A place where many things are collected together, as a village, a garden; a meeting or collection of persons; e hele ana oukou i hea? E hele ana i o, i ke kulana pule, i.e., to a meeting which is held only once at a place or occasionally.
2. The sea in a calm immediately after a high wind, or the state of the sea when wind and current are opposite. See oloku. kulana nalu, a place in the sea where the surf rises high and thick, i.e., where the high surfs follow each other in quick succession.
3. A market place.
4. Name of new food from foreign countries; he mea ai hou no na aina e mai.
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kulana
/ KU-LA-NA /1. v. Ku and lana, to float. To pitch backwards or sideways, as one sitting in a chair and nodding.
2. To nod, as a person partially asleep; to bend the neck in nodding. See kakiwi. To reel, as a drunken man. See naue and kunou.
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kulana
kikino ｜ noun / KU-LA-NA /1. s., A place in a hulili or fortification where the men stand to throw their spears.
2. The sides of a house; na kulana o ka hale.
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kulana
/ KU-LA-NA /adj. Nodding; bending the neck; he poo kulana ka kela wahine. See KUNEWA.
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kulana
/ kŭ'-lă'-na /adj., Nodding; bending the neck: he poo kulana ka kela wahine. See kunewa.
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kulana
/ kŭ'-lă'-na /n., A bending or dropping forward.
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kulana
/ kū'-lă'-na /[Ku, to stand, and lana, to float.]
1. n., A place where many things are collected together, as a village, a garden; a meeting or collection of persons: e hele ana oukou i hea? E hele ana i o, i ke kulana pule, that is, to a meeting which is held only once at a place or occasionally.
2. n., Reputation; station; rank; position; standing.
3. n., The quiet spot on the surface which follows the striking together of two seas. Also called kulananalu.
4. n., A place in a hulili or fortification where the men stand to throw their spears,
5. n., The location of a house: na kulana o ka hale.
6. n., Situation; relative position of any person or thing.
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kulana
/ kū'-lă'-nă /v., Same as kulanalana, to be unsettled.
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kūlana
Site of a house.
kūlana
Sea in a calm immediately after a high wind; state of the sea when wind and current are opposite. (A.)
kūlana
Place in a hūlili, fortification or tower, where warriors stood to throw spears.
kulana
reputation, station, rank.
kūlana
1. The location of a house (AP). 2. A place where many things are collected together, as a village, a garden (AP).
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