Hawaiian Vocabulary: Ha'awina 1-24

Flashcards for vocabulary terms used in the Hawaiian language from the lecture notes.

ʻae

Yes, to agree, to lend, to permit.

ahi

Fire.

ʻaina

Meal

ʻākau

Right (direction); north

akua

God

aloha

Love, hello, goodbye

'anakala

Uncle

'anake

Aunty

'ano

Kind (type), sort; rather, somewhat

'awapuhi

Ginger

'ē

Already, beforehand, previously

'ele'ele

Black

hale

House, building.

hana

Work, activity; to work, to do.

hau'oli

Happy.

he'e

Octopus.

aʻe

upward, sideways

ahahana!

shame!

ahiahi

evening

a hiki i

until

ʻai

to eat, food

ʻaihue

to steal; thief

ʻāina

land

ʻaina ahiahi

dinner

ʻaina awakea

lunch, brunch

ʻāina ʻē

foreign country, distant land

ʻāina hānau

birthplace

ʻāina hoʻopulapula

homestead land

ʻaina kakahiaka

breakfast

ʻakaʻaka

to laugh

ʻākala

pink

akamai

smart; wisdom

ʻako

to break or pluck, as flowers

aku

away from speaker

ala

path, way; to be awake, to arise, to wake up

ʻālani

orange

ala nui

street, road

ʻalo

to dodge, evade, avoid

a me

and (with nouns)

ʻaneʻi

here (with ma or i)

ʻāno

right away, immediately, now

ʻāno ʻē

strange, weird, unusual, different

anu

cold, a cold

ao

day (daylight hours)

aʻo

to learn or teach

aʻo aku

to teach

aʻo mai

to learn

ʻaoʻao

side, page

ʻaʻohe

none, not any

ʻaʻole

no

apau

all, entire, whole

ʻapōpō

tomorrow

ʻauʻau

to bathe, to swim

ʻauʻau kai

to swim in the ocean

ʻauinalā

afternoon

aumoe

midnight hours; late night

awakea

midday

ʻawīwī

quickly, fast, swift

e

by (imperative marker)

vocative marker

with passive ʻia only

ʻē aʻe

other, another, different, else (someone or something)

ʻeha

sore, hurt

eia

here is

e ia nei

you! you there! (affectionate, friendly greeting)

ʻekahi

one

(only in counting)

ʻeke

bag, purse (ke)

ʻeke kua

backpack

ʻelemakule

old man

ʻelemākule (pl.)

ʻeli

to dig

emi

cheap, reasonable, decreasing

enenue, nenue

chub or pilot fish

hāʻawi

to give

haʻawina

lesson, assignment, homework

hāhā

to grope, feel with hands

haʻi

to tell

hala kahiki

pineapple

hale ʻaina

restaurant, cafeteria

hale noho haumana

dorm

hale pule

church

hāmama

to be open

hānai

to feed, adopt, assume primary responsibility for

hana ʻino

to abuse, mistreat, do evil, torment, pick on, make fun of

hānau

to gie birth

hānau hope

younger

hānau mua

older

haneli

hundred

haole

white person, English, American, foreign

hapa

part

hāpai

to carry, to be pregnant

hapanui

most, majority

haumana

student

haupia

coconut pudding

he

a, an

heʻenalu

to surf

hēʻī

papaya

hele

to goh

hele mai

to come

hele wāwae

to walk

helu

to count, number, size

heluhelu

to read

helu kelepona

phone number