`anakala
a word from Vocabulary Hawaiian
| Word form: | `anakala |
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| LWT meaning(s): | |
| Word meaning: | Broader meaning in Hawaiian, since males of your parents' generation (or older) may be called `anakala, even if they are of no relation. An `anakala is a male friend of your parents |
| Comments on word: | Note: makua kāne is an older term, which has fallen out of use with this meaning (now it just means 'father'). Also: makua kāne `ōpio used to mean 'parent's younger brother' specifically, while makua kāne makua meant 'parent's older brother'. |
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Word source
Word source
This field gives a bibliographical source for the word. • Andrews, L. (1865). A Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language, to Which is Appended an English-Hawaiian Vocabulary and a Chronological Table of Remarkable Events. Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney. Republished in 2003 by Island Heritage Press, with introductions by Noenoe K. Silva and Albert .1. Schutz. •Elbert. S.H. awl Pukui, M.K. (1979). Hawaiian Grammar. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. •Pukui, M.K. and Elbert, S.H. (1986). Hawaiian Dictionary. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. •Wilson, W.H. (1976). Standardized Hawaiian Orthography. Manuscript, University of Hawaii. Attributed to the University Committee for the Preservation and Study of Hawaiian Language, Art, and Culture. |
Pukui & Elbert 1986 |
| Analyzability: | unanalyzable |
| Age: | Pukui & Elbert 1986 (1550–1986) |
