Ka Hopena O Ke Pī (huaʻōlelo & ʻōlelo pōkole)

God

ke akua (kikino)

Path, way, pathway

ke alahele (kikino)

old man

ka ʻelemakule (kikino)

old men

nā ʻelemākule (kikino)

water gourd

ka huewai (kikino)

he ʻupena e paʻa ai ka huewai a ʻumeke paha

ke kōkō (kikino)

old woman

ka luahine (kikino)

old women

nā luāhine (kikino)

intestines, “heart”

ka naʻau (kikino)

pond

ka pūnāwai (kikino)

shack, little house

ka pupupu hale (kikino)

end result

ka hopena (kikino)

spring (water)

ka wai māpuna (kikino)

very salty

ka ʻawaʻawa (ʻaʻano)

liʻiliʻi

ka ʻuʻuku (ʻaʻano)

mean, unkind

ka lokoʻino (ʻaʻano)

generous

ka lokomaikaʻi (ʻaʻano)

pī (slang)

ka manini (ʻaʻano)

too bad for …

ka minamina (ʻaʻano)

stingy

ke pī (ʻaʻano)

dark, no light

ka pōʻeleʻele (ʻaʻano)

kani a ka wai ma kahakai

ka ʻoē (hehele)

to travel in a circuit

ke kaʻahele (hehele)

flow of liquids

ke kahe (hehele)

sit on heels

ka ʻōkuʻu (hehele)

noho (ʻela a ʻoi paha)

ka nonoho (hehele)

bubble up

ka puapuaʻi (hehele)

ʻōlelo

ka ʻī (hamani)

dip out liquids

ka ukuhi (hamani)

to give someone a drink

ka hoʻohāinu (hamani)

mahalo; congratulate

ka hoʻomaikaʻi (hamani)

to value, feel for

ka minamina (hamani)

The old women the house belongs to

ka luahine nona ka hale

Who is the one who owns this knife?

ʻO wai ka mea nāna kēia pahi?

Who is the one who has my knife?

ʻO wai ka mea iā ia kaʻu pahi?

He felt afraid.

Ua komo ka makaʻu i loko ona.

Heʻs still working there.

Aia nō ʻo ia ke hana nei i laila.

Heʻs still there working.

Aia nō ʻo ia i laila e hana nei.

Heʻs still there.

Aia nō ʻo ia i laila.

And what happened (in the end)? what was the result?

A he aha ka hopena?

for us, for ourselves

nō māua ponoʻī

e like me kā lāua i nōi ai, as they requested

e like me kā lāua noi

e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai, as I said

e like me kaʻu

the next day

i kekahi lā aʻe

The water isnʻt salty anymore.

Ua pau ka ʻawaʻawa o ka wai.

All of the trash bags were thrown away.

Ua pau nā ʻeke ʻōpala i ke kiloi ʻia.

Yesterday is when all of the trash bags were thrown away.

I nehinei i pau ai nā ʻeke ʻōpala i ke kiloi ʻia.

But thatʻs all there is.

Akā ʻo ka mea nō ia i loaʻa.

I value my feather lei.

Minamina au i kuʻu lei hulu.

Too bad that the Hawaiian birds are all dead.

Minamina ka manu Hawaiʻi i ka make loa.

Please give us a place to rest.

E ʻoluʻolu, i wahi no māua e moe ai.

Do you want a snack to eat?

I mea ʻai māmā nāu e ʻai ai?