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This friend they call aikane; and for such did Hope adopt me.
Chapter XIX. The Sandwich Islanders-Hide-Curing-Wood-Cutting-Rattle-Snakes-New-Comers 1909
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This friend they call aikane; and for such did Hope adopt me.
Two years before the mast, and twenty-four years after: a personal narrative 1869
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This friend they call aikane; and for such did Hope adopt me.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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This friend they call aikane; and for such did Hope adopt me.
Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana 1848
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A haalele lakou ia wahi, hele pu aku la o Aiwohikupua ma me ke aikane a kau lakou la ma na waa, a holo aku la a pae i Laupahoehoe.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Calvinist missionaries dealt with a culture that had aikane by calling christianist and capitalist culture "manly," Hawaiian society "feudal," and feudalism "effeminate."
Archive 2006-11-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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The traditional meaning of aikane as a same-sex lover is crucial.
Archive 2006-11-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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I think it's aikane with a line over the middle "a."
Archive 2006-11-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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Kamehameha the Great, who first unified the islands, himself had an aikane partner, a high chief named Kuakini.
Why Marriage Matters Evan Wolfson 2004
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Kamehameha the Great, who first unified the islands, himself had an aikane partner, a high chief named Kuakini.
Why Marriage Matters Evan Wolfson 2004
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