Hawaiian Painu Vocab

‘au

to swim

hāʻawi

to give

haʻi

to tell

hana ʻino

to treat badly, mistreat

hānai

to feed, raise

hānau ʻia

to be born

hānau

to give birth

hele mai

to come

helu

to count

hoʻi

to return to somewhere

hoʻihoʻi

to return homework

holoi

to wash

honi

to kiss

hoʻokani pila

to play music

hoʻomaʻamaʻa

to practice

hoʻomaʻemaʻe

to clean

hoʻopaʻa haʻawina

to study

hoʻopaʻanaʻau

to memorize

hulahula

to dance anything else

kahakiʻi

to draw

kamaʻilio

to converse

kiʻi

to fetch, get

kipa

to visit

kū

to stand

kūʻai aku

to sell

kūʻai mai

to buy

kūkākūkā

to discuss

lawe aku

to take

lawe mai

to bring

namunamu

to grumble, complain

noʻonoʻo

to think

nuku

to scold

paʻi

to slap

peku

to kick

uē

to cry