pānānā
/ pā.nā.nā /1. nvi., Compass; pilot; to row here and there irregularly.
- Examples:
- Aia i hea? Aia i ka ʻauwaʻa i pānānā. Where [is he]? With a fleet of straying canoes [anywhere, a way of avoiding the question].
- References:
- Cf. pahu pānānā.
2. n., Possibly a local name of the Jacobean lily (Sprekelia formosissima 🌐), a kind of amaryllis from Central America, cultivated in Hawaiʻi since about 1850. The flowers are red, 8 to 10 cm long, irregularly funnel-shaped, usually single on a long stem. The plant is named for a chiefess, the wife of Samuel Parker, owner of the Parker Ranch.
- References:
- Neal 223.
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