Thursday 11 March 2010
10:15 AM
10:15 AM
Hawaiian Dictionary - Words and Phrases
Use the Hawaiian Dictionary below to find popular Hawaiian words and phrases used on the islands. During your visit to Hawaii, you may hear several of these words spoken. The words and phrases in the dictionary are a combination of words from the Hawaiian language or from the popularly spoke Pidgin, a broken dialect of English and Hawaiian.
Use the Hawaii Word search filter to search for words and find their Hawaiian word equivalence, translations or meanings. To learn more about the Hawaii Language and how to pronounce Hawaiian words and phrases, visit the Hawaii Language page.
Click on a column heading to sort the words by that column.
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| English | Hawaiian Word |
|---|---|
| A priest | Kahuna |
| Adopt | Hanai |
| Adult | Makua |
| Adult | kanaka |
| Adult | makua |
| Adult | o'o |
| Affection | pumehana |
| Afternoon | `auinala |
| agitated | hu hu |
| air | lewa |
| airplane | mokulele |
| alive | Lani |
| aluminum can | kini |
| ancient | kahiko |
| ancient Hawaiian religious temple | heiau |
| and | Ame |
| angry | hu hu |
| Answer | pane |
| appetizer | pupu |
| apple | 'Apala |
| apple | poma |
| Apprentice | kako`o |
| April | `Apelila |
| August | `Aukake |
| Aunt | `anake |
| automobile | ka'a |
| Autumn | Ha`ule lau |
| Avocado | Pea |
| Away (directional) | aku |
| Baby | Keiki |
| Baby | pepe |
| Baby | kama |
| bad | maika`i`ole |
| Baggage | Ukana |
| bait | maunu |
| bathing suit | lole 'au'au |
| bathroom | lua |
| Be careful | Mālama pono |
| Beach | Kahakai |
| Beautiful | Nani |
| Begin | Pa |
| Big | Nui |
| Birth | Hanau |
| Birthday | La hanau |
| Bon Appetit | Mea'ai Maika'i |
| Bone | Iwi |
| Breadfruit | `Ulu |
| breeze | ahe |
| Brother | Kaikua`ana |
| building | hale |
| butterfly | pulelehua |
| cake | pa'ipalaoa |
| Candlenut tree | Kukui |
| canoe | wa`a |
| carving | Ki |
| Celebration | Ho`olaule`a |
| Chant | Mele, oli |
| Chicken | Moa |
| Chief | Ali`i |
| Child | Keiki |
| children | Kamali'i |
| Clever | Akamai |
| cliff | pali |
| close | kokoke |
| cocktail | lama pa'ipa'I |
| coconut | niu |
| Coconut tree | Kumu nui |
| cold | anuanu |
| Colleague | Makamaka |
| Come | Hele mai |
| comeback | ho`i mai |
| cook | ho`omo`a |
| cook over hot coals | pulehu |
| cool | hu'i hu'I |
| cooperate | laulima |
| Cousin | Hoahanau |
| cow | pipi |
| Cowboy | Paniolo |
| crazy | lolo |
| Crazy | Pupule |
| cry | ue |
| Dance | Hula |
| Daughter | Kaikamahine |
| Day | La |
| Dead | Make |
| December | Kekemapa |
| Deity | Ku |
| delicious | `ono |
| Delicious | 'Ono |
| Desire | Makemake |
| dog | `ilio |
| dollar | kala |
| Dolphin | Nai`a |
| done | pau |
| dragonfly | pinao |
| dream | moe'uhane |
| drink | inu |
| Duck | Kaka |
| Earth | Papa |
| earth | `aina |