kanaka

1. nvs., Human being, man, person, individual, party, mankind, population; subject, as of a chief; laborer, servant, helper; attendant or retainer in a family (often a term of affection or pride); human sacrifice (FS 111); physique; human, manly, pregnant, inhabited; Hawaiian; private individual or party, as distinguished from the government.

Related:

• hoʻokanaka Caus/sim.; Manly, human, courageous; to become a servant or helper; to assume human shape, as a child in the womb.

  • See hoʻokanaka makua.

  • E hoʻokanaka, be a man.

  • E hoʻokanaka ʻoukou, ʻaʻole e hoʻonāwaliwali kō ʻoukou mau lima (2 Oihn. 15.7), be strong, let your hands not be weak.

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