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prep. By, for, belonging to (a-form).

• Examples:
  • Na wai ʻoe (FS 117)? Who was your parent? (Literally, by who you?)
  • Aloha ʻolua na Ka-wai, greetings to you both from Ka-wai [close of a letter].
  • He puke na Pua, a book for Pua; a book by Pua [ambiguous].
• References:
  • See no and Gram. 9.11.
  • PCP na(a).

1. vs., Calmed, quieted, pacified, assuaged, soothed; settled, as a claim.

• Examples:
  • E hoʻi, ē Pele, i ke kuahiwi, ua nā kō lili, kō inaina (chant) return, O Pele, to the mountain; rage jealousy, your rage are pacified.
• Related:
  • hoʻonā Caus/sim.; To relieve pain, soothe, comfort, quiet, appease, lull, placate, make calm, pacify, console, find solace; to end, as a taboo; to settle a claim.
    • Hoʻonā wale, to attempt to pacify without effect; to try vainly to assuage, allay pain, grief.
    • Poʻe hoʻonā kuleana ʻāina, board of commissioners to quiet land titles.
    • Komikina Hoʻonā ʻĀina, land commissioners who settle land claims.
• References:
  • PPN naʻa.

2. vi., To moan, groan, wail.

• Examples:
  • Nā ka ihu, to snore with prolonged sounds.
• References:
  • PPN ngaa.

3. Plural definite article.

• Examples:
  • Nā lani, the chiefs.
• References:
  • Gram. 10.2.
  • PPN nga(a).

4. Demonstrative particle indicating the addressee, sometimes said disrespectfully and translated ‘you’.

• Examples:
  • Ē nā keiki lapuwale, O you worthless children.
• References:
  • Cf. kēnā and Gram. 8.3.2.
  • PPN naa.

simp. prep. Of; for; belonging to. Placed before nouns or pronouns, it conveys the idea of possession, property or duty. It has the relation to no that a has to o, or ka to ko. Gram. § 69, 1, 2, 3.

art., standing before nouns, represents the plural number; as, ke alii, the chief; na alii, chiefs or the chiefs. Na often answers the double purpose of a plural article (that is, a plural for all the other articles which are singular), and the sign of the plural number of the noun. As an article, it is both definite and indefinite. Gram. § 67; also, § 83. 86 and 87.

A particle somewhat frequent, adding strength to an expression either positive or negative; aole na he wahine e, o ka moopuna na a Waka, she is not certainly any other woman, she is certainly the grandchild of Waka. Laieik. 128.

v. To be quiet; to be pacified, as a child; ua na ke keiki, the child is quiet; to be comforted, as one in affliction. Ier. 31:15.

2. To enjoy respite from pain; a pau kana heluhelu ana, noho iho la ia e na aku i ka mea manao ole.

3. To gasp or half breathe, as a dying person.

4. Hoo. The same; also, in a legal sense, to settle difficulties; to decide between different claimants; as, e hoona kumu kuleana aina, to settle land claims.

adj. Quiet; pacified, as an aggrieved child; calmed; quieted, as one’s passions.