See also: hānai

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Etymology edit

From Hawaiian hānai.

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hanai (uncountable)

  1. (Hawaii) The practice of traditional Hawaiian adoption of one child into another family.
    • 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom, Grove Press 2012, page 8:
      The practice of hānai was abhorrent to the New England missionaries, who discouraged it.

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hānai (not comparable)

  1. (Hawaii) Adopted in the traditional Hawaiian way, made a complete part of the family.
    This is Kimo, my hanai brother.

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