Hawaiian Adverb · Numbers
ʻaneʻane
Pronunciation: /ah-neh-ah-neh/
Meaning
Almost, nearly, approximately.
Example sentences
Ua ʻaneʻane ʻelua hola ke kali ʻana o ka poʻe no ka ʻahaʻaina.
The people waited for the feast for almost two hours.
He ʻaneʻane he ʻumi kaukani kanaka ka poʻe i hele mai i ka mokulele.
There were almost ten thousand people who came to the festival.
Ua ʻaneʻane ʻelima makahiki o ke keiki ma mua o kona hoʻomaka ʻana i ke kula.
The child was almost five years old before they started school.
About this word
“ʻaneʻane” is a Hawaiian adverb meaning Almost, nearly, approximately. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Numbers. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.