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why

Eng to Haw, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Declarative. Ke kumu, ka mea.

2. Interrogative. Aha? No ke aha? I ke aha? He mea aha? Hea? Why not? Hea? Kainō? Kainoa? Why don't you come? Kainō hoʻi e hele mai ʻolua? Why go? I aha ai ka hele ʻana? Why indeed! He aha iho la! No ke aha lā! (Gram. 7.5.)

Why?

Eng to Haw, Andrews (1865),

no keaha la? i mea aha?

why

/ why / Eng to Haw, Emerson (1845),

hl. no ke aha i mea aha[?]

why

Eng to Haw, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

(reason), kŭ’mŭ: Why? Nō kē ă’hă? “Why indeed !” Nō kē ăhă’ lă!

Why

/ Whȳ / Eng to Haw, Hitchcock (1887),

No ke aha.

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