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"boy"
Translation:keiki kāne
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That’s English. This is Hawaiian. From the Hawaiian Dictionary:
keiki 1. nvi. Child, offspring, descendant, progeny, boy, youngster, son, lad, nephew, son of a dear friend; calf, colt, kid, cub; worker; shoot or sucker, as of taro; to have or obtain a child; to be or become a child.
It’s not necessary to modify “keiki” with “Kāne”.
If you just wrote kane it would be man. The keiki meaning child before kane meaning man changes the meaning. It literely translates to child man. So, what is a child man? A boy. Also, if you just put keiki by itself, it would mean child. So keiki and kane are like buddies. If you separate them their meaning changes, and then you will get the question wrong. ;-) Ok? Hope this helped.
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My android does not have a Hawaiian language option. I tried a plig in and an app but neither seems to work -I need na kahako