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1. nvs. Goodness, uprightness, morality, moral qualities, correct or proper procedure, excellence, well-being, prosperity, welfare, benefit, behalf, equity, sake, true condition or nature, duty; moral, fitting, proper, righteous, right, upright, just, virtuous, fair, beneficial, successful, in perfect order, accurate, correct, eased, relieved; should, ought, must, necessary.

• Examples:
  • Pono ʻole, unjust, unrighteous, dishonest, unprincipled, unfair, wrong.
  • No kou pono, in your behalf.
  • Ka pono o ka lehulehu, public welfare.
  • Nā pono lāhui kānaka, human rights.
  • Nā pono o nā wāhine, women's rights.
  • Ka pono kahiko, the old morality or moral system.
  • Pono i ke kānāwai, legal, legality.
  • Pono ʻole ka manaʻo, disturbed, worried, upset.
  • Me ka pono, respectfully [complimentary close in letters].
  • Nā mea e maopopo ai kona pono, proofs in his own favor, his defense.
  • Kōkua no ka pono o ka lehulehu, help for the public welfare.
  • Ka noʻonoʻo e pono ai kēia hana, the study necessary for this work.
  • Loaʻa ka pono i ka lāhui mamuli o ke ahonui o ka ʻelele, the people were benefited by the patience of the delegate.
  • E pono iāʻoe ke hele, you should go.
  • Pono ʻo ʻoe ke hele, you should be the one to go.
  • Pono i ke keiki e hele, the child ought to go.
  • Ke ui mai nei ʻoe, ʻaʻohe aʻu pono, when you turn to me, I have no rights.
  • E ʻeha nō a e pono, no ka pinana nō i ke kumulāʻau, serves you right to be hurt, since you climbed the tree.
  • Aia ka pono, ʻo ka pae aku, what is necessary is to reach shore.
  • Pono e pili paʻa loa, inalienable rights.
• Related:
  • hoʻopono Caus/sim.; Righteous, respectable, correct, upright; to behave correctly.
  • Hoʻopono ʻole, unjust, dishonest.
• References:
  • PCP pono .

2. vs. Completely, properly, rightly, well, exactly, carefully, satisfactorily, much (an intensifier).

• Examples:
  • Pau pono, completely finished.
  • Piha pono, completely filled; complete, as a thought; clear.
  • Nānā pono, look or examine carefully.
  • Aʻo pono ʻia, well-taught.
  • Ua loaʻa pono ʻo Lawa mā e ʻaihue ana, Lawa and others were caught in the act of stealing.
  • I luna pono o ka puʻu (For. 5:61), at the very top of the hill.

3. n. Property, resources, assets, fortune, belongings, equipment, household goods, furniture, gear of any kind, possessions, accessories, necessities.

4. n. Use, purpose, plan.

• Examples:
  • Ē kuʻu haku, pale ka pono! ʻAʻohe pono i koe, hoʻokahi nō pono ʻo ka hoʻi wale nō koe o kākou, kaukaʻi aku nei hoʻi ka pono i kō kaikuahine muli lā hoʻi … (Laie 419; priest is advising his lord to give up quest of Lāʻie and depend on his sister's help), my lord, set aside the plan; there is no hope left; the only hope is for us to go back and depend on your youngest sister …
  • Nā ʻāpana ʻāina aupuni no ka pono home noho wale nō, government land parcels for the purpose of dwelling houses only.

5. n. Hope.

• Examples:
  • Ua pau ka pono a ke kauka, the doctor has lost hope.
• References:
  • See ex., pono #4.

6. vs. Careless, informal, improper, any kind of (preceding a stem).

• Examples:
  • Pono ʻai, to eat in any way or anything, take potluck.
  • Pono hana, to work any way that suits one.
  • Pono nō i ka noho, living any old way, shiftless.
  • Pono lole, any kind of clothes.
  • Mai pono hana ʻoe, akā e hana pono, don't work carelessly, but work carefully.

kikino, Equipment.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • Pono hana wikiō. Video equipment.

1. v., To be good; to be right; to be just; to be morally upright.

2. To do good; to bless; to be for the comfort or convenience of one.

3. To be well, i. e., in bodily health.

4. Hoopono. To justify one suspected of wrong; to clear or acquit, as an accused person. See apono.

5. To avenge an injured person.

6. To ordain; to appoint.

7. To use, as money; to trade. NOTE.—Pono is frequently used impersonally and also as a helping verb before an infinitive, and signifies, it is right; it is proper; it ought; it may; it is worthy, &c. The form e pono ai or i pono ai is used very frequently; the word expressing the thing causing the favor or good or benefit, going before. O ka naauao ka mea e pono ai ke aupuni, knowledge is a thing to bless a kingdom.

1. s., Goodness; uprightness; moral good; rectitude of conduct.

2. That which is right or excellent; abstract, righteousness; excellency.

3. Duty; obligation; authority. Mark #11:28, 29, 33. NOTE.—The Hawaiians now speak of the pono kahiko and the pono hou by way of comparison and also of contrast.

1. adj., Good; right; lawful; acceptable; beautiful; nani.

2. Possible; able; proper; fit; wa pono, a proper time.

adv., Is used in various senses.

1. As qualifying verbs, and signifies, well; rightly; truly; properly, &c.

2. It is used as an intensive of the preceding verb; as, haka pono, to look at earnestly; ku pono, to stand opposite to.

1. adj., Good; right; lawful; acceptable; beautiful.

2. adj., Possible; able; proper; fit: wa pono, a proper time.

Used in various senses:

1. adv., In qualifying verbs it signifies, well; rightly; truly; properly, etc.

2. adv., As an intensive of the preceding verb; as: haka pono, to look at earnestly; ku pono, to stand opposite to.

1. n., Goodness; uprightness; moral good; rectitude of conduct.

2. n., That which is right or excellent; abstract righteousness; excellency.

3. n., Duty; obligation; authority; custom; practice.

1. v., To be good; to be right; to be just; to be morally upright.

2. v., To be blessed.

3. v., To be for the comfort or convenience of one.

4. v., To be well, that is, in bodily health.

5. v., To be avenged. (Pono is frequently used impersonally and also as an auxiliary verb before an infinitive, and signifies, it is right; it is proper; it ought; it may; it is worthy, etc. The form e pono ai or i pono ai is used very frequently; preceded by the word expressing the thing causing the favor or good or benefit: O ka naauao ka mea e pono ai ke aupuni: wisdom is a thing to bless a kingdom.)

Heal.

I. poloki, hemolele; oia ke ano maoli o ke Akua, Iob. 36:3; Is. 51:5-8; Ioa. 17:25, ke ano hoi o kana hana ana, Kin. 18:25; Rom. 3:21, 22; 10:3. O ko Iesu pono, oia kona hemolele kina ole, kona malama pono ana i ke kanawai, a me kona make ana i kalahala no kakou. O ko ke kanaka pono, oia kana hana pono ana kekahi i kekahi, a me kona noho haipule ana, Kin. 18:23; Oihk. 19:15; Is. 60:17; Rom. 14:17; Ep. 5:9. O ka hoopono ana o na'lii a me na lunakanawai, he pono no e wiwo ole ia, a e paewaewa ole, a e pololei imua o ke Akua, Kan. 1:16, 17; 2 Sam. 23:3: 2 Oihlii. 19:6-10. O ka hana kekee ana na'lii, a me na luna, me ka lawe i na kipe, ua hoahewa loa ia ma ka Baibala, 1 Sam. 8:3; 1 Nalii 21:8-14; Is. 1:23; 10:1; Mik. 3:11; 7:3.

goodness; uprightness: to be just.

1. Rights. Oni v. Meek‚ 2 Haw. 87, 88 (1858); Keelikolani v. Manaku, 4 Haw. 263, 264 (1880). 2. Use. In re Estate of His Majesty Kamehameha IV, 2 Haw. 715, 722-723 (1864). 3. Faithful; proper, correct; accurate; privilege. 4. Property, resources (PE). 5. Duty.