GLOSSARY
Hawaiian Language
Ahi – yellow fin tuna
‘Ᾱina – the land, earth
Ali’i – chief, chiefess, ruler, king, queen, royal
Aloha – hello, goodbye, love, affection
A hui hou – until we meet again
Hana – work, labor
Haole – white/caucasian person, foreigner, sometimes used derisively
Hapa – half, mixed
Hoku - star
Hula – Hawaiian dance
Hau’oli Makahiki Hou – Happy New Year
Imu – underground cooking pit
Kahili – wooden staff with cylindrical feather top used in royal processions
Kama’āina – persons born in Hawaii, regardless of race
Kalua pig – a whole pig cooked in an underground pit
Kanaka – person, people of native Hawaiian ancestry
Kāne – male, man
Kapu – taboo
Koa – Hawaiian hardwood
Luau – feast
Mahalo – thank you
Makai – toward the sea
Malahini – newcomer to Hawaii, recent arrival
Mauka – toward the mountain
Mauna – mountain
Mauna Kea – white mountain (Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in Hawaii and often snowcapped)
Mauna Loa – long mountain (Mauna Loa is the second tallest mountain in Hawaii, also snowcapped)
Mele Kalikimaka – Merry Christmas
Ohana – family, relative, family group
Paniolo – cowboy
Pau – finished, done
Pau hana – finished working
Pipi – cattle
Plumeria – Hawaiian version of the frangipani blossom
Poha berry - gooseberry
Poi – pureed taro root
Poi pounder – stone tool to mash taro root into poi
Pono – good, righteous
Tutu – grandmother
Wahine – woman
Hawaiian Slang
Braddah – brother
Brah – bro
Howzit – how’s it going, how you doing
Shaka – hang loose, aloha spirit, solidarity
Shaka brah – all right, brother
Hawaiian Pidgin English
Li dis – like this
Pau hana time – time to quit working
Small kid time – childhood
Japanese
Arare – Japanese rice crackers flavored with soy sauce
Furo – hot bath, hot tub
Geta – Japanese wooden clogs
Hai - yes
Ichiban – very much, the most, number one, the best or worst
Kanashii - sad
Nakano – very good
Nakodo – matchmaking
Hawaiian Language
Ahi – yellow fin tuna
‘Ᾱina – the land, earth
Ali’i – chief, chiefess, ruler, king, queen, royal
Aloha – hello, goodbye, love, affection
A hui hou – until we meet again
Hana – work, labor
Haole – white/caucasian person, foreigner, sometimes used derisively
Hapa – half, mixed
Hoku - star
Hula – Hawaiian dance
Hau’oli Makahiki Hou – Happy New Year
Imu – underground cooking pit
Kahili – wooden staff with cylindrical feather top used in royal processions
Kama’āina – persons born in Hawaii, regardless of race
Kalua pig – a whole pig cooked in an underground pit
Kanaka – person, people of native Hawaiian ancestry
Kāne – male, man
Kapu – taboo
Koa – Hawaiian hardwood
Luau – feast
Mahalo – thank you
Makai – toward the sea
Malahini – newcomer to Hawaii, recent arrival
Mauka – toward the mountain
Mauna – mountain
Mauna Kea – white mountain (Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain in Hawaii and often snowcapped)
Mauna Loa – long mountain (Mauna Loa is the second tallest mountain in Hawaii, also snowcapped)
Mele Kalikimaka – Merry Christmas
Ohana – family, relative, family group
Paniolo – cowboy
Pau – finished, done
Pau hana – finished working
Pipi – cattle
Plumeria – Hawaiian version of the frangipani blossom
Poha berry - gooseberry
Poi – pureed taro root
Poi pounder – stone tool to mash taro root into poi
Pono – good, righteous
Tutu – grandmother
Wahine – woman
Hawaiian Slang
Braddah – brother
Brah – bro
Howzit – how’s it going, how you doing
Shaka – hang loose, aloha spirit, solidarity
Shaka brah – all right, brother
Hawaiian Pidgin English
Li dis – like this
Pau hana time – time to quit working
Small kid time – childhood
Japanese
Arare – Japanese rice crackers flavored with soy sauce
Furo – hot bath, hot tub
Geta – Japanese wooden clogs
Hai - yes
Ichiban – very much, the most, number one, the best or worst
Kanashii - sad
Nakano – very good
Nakodo – matchmaking