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1. nvi., Shortness of breath; to pant or puff for breath, as a result of overexercise or asthma.

  • Examples:
    • E noho iki iho a kuʻu ka nae, stay a bit until the puffing for breath is over [i.e., rest a bit].
    • Ke nae iki nei nō, some breath remains [as of a dying person].

2. nvs., Fragrant, sweet-smelling; fragrance.

  • Examples:
    • He ʻala ka nae o ka palai (song), the perfume of the palai fern is sweet.

3. n., Fishing net with small meshes; net structure to which feathers were attached for feather capes.

4. To give or parcel out equally, as food.

  • References:
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adv., An elegant expletive, but difficult to define. Truly; indeed; but; however, &c. A mild but is perhaps the best definition, though it does not express strong opposition like the English but. Aole alii au, he kanaka nae, I am not a chief, but I am a man.

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1. v., To breathe hard; to pant, as one laboring or exercising severely.

2. To pant for breath, as one with the phthisic.

3. To give liberally; to distribute; to be liberal, as a landlord to his people. See nai.

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1. s., A sickness which occasions hard breathing.

2. The blowing of one’s breath when fatigued on stopping to rest. FIG. Applied to the strong affections of the heart. Laieik. 142.

3. The phthisic. See naenae.

4. The upper regions of the air in distinction from the lower; ua lohe o uka a me kai, a me nae a me lalo.

5. The place whence the wind comes; a ihea o mea? Aia ma nae.

6. The name of a species of fish net with small meshes.

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adv., prep. and conj., A word used to express additional purport to a predicate. But; yet; furthermore, etc. Aole au he alii, he kanaka nae; I am not a chief but I am a man.

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1. n., A disease distinguished by difficulty in breathing; the asthma.

2. n., The deep breathing that accompanies rigorous physical effort.

3. n., Fig. Applied to the strong affections of the heart. (Laieik. p. 142.) Syn: Paupauaho.

4. n., A fish net with small meshes.

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1. v., To breathe hard; to pant, as one laboring or exercising severely.

2. v., To pant for breath, as one with tuberculosis or asthma.

3. v., To finish; to make an end.

4. v., To give or parcel out alike.

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