kāne

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kane"

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqane, from Proto-Central Pacific *taŋwaqane, from Proto-Oceanic *taumʷaqane, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau (“person, human”) +‎ *maʀuqanay (“male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ne/

Noun

kāne

1. male
2. man (adult male human)
3. husband

Coordinate terms

• wahine

Derived terms

• hoʻokāne (causative/simulative)
• kāne ʻole (“spinster”)

Related terms

• ʻāne (“positive”)
• kunāne (“brother of a female”)

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kāne”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN