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[Hawaiian Dictionary (1986) (Hawaiian)]
nani

1. nvs. Beauty, glory, splendor; beautiful, pretty, glorious, splendid. Nani makamae, precious, exquisite. hoʻo.nani To beautify, adorn, trim, decorate, glorify, honor, exalt, praise, adore; decorative, glorifying. Nāmea hoʻonani, decorations of any kind. Hoʻonani kākou iā Ia (hymn), let us adore Him. Mea hoʻonani kino, any bodily adornment, as jewelry.

2. n. Beautiful flower (sometimes followed by -o- + place name: see below.

3. n. Good thing (idiom). He nani nō ia, it's a good thing.

4. conj. Since, because. Nani hoʻi ua kiʻi ʻia maila e make, he aha lā hoʻi … (Kel. 37), since [I] am indeed summoned by death, what of it … Nani nō ia e hele ana ʻoe i ke kula, e hoʻoikaika i ka haʻawina, since you are going to school, work hard on the lessons.

5. interj. How much, how. Nani ka maikaʻi, how fine.Nani ka pupuka, how very ugly. Nani ʻino kuʻu makemake, how much I want it. (He may precede nani in these sentences.)
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