ʻano

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ano"

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kano (compare Māori kano, Tahitian ʻaʻano and Tongan kano),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *kanon (“flesh; kernel”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kan-ən from Proto-Austronesian *kaən-an (“food, cooked rice”) from Proto-Austronesian *kaən (“to eat”) (thus doublet of ʻai).[2] Also a doublet of ʻanoʻano.[2]

Noun

ʻano (irregular definite article ke)

  1. kind, type
  2. nature, character
  3. mood, personality
  4. color

Derived terms

Verb

ʻano

  1. (stative, modifying the following word) somewhat, rather

References

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “ʻano”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 26
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kano”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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