Hawaiian Vocabulary: Ha'awina 1-24

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

'ae

Yes, to agree, to lend, to permit.

aha

What (only in questions).

ahi

Fire.

aia

There is, there are.

'aina

Meal

akā

But.

'ākau

Right (direction); north.

akua

God.

aloha

Love, hello, goodbye.

'anakala

Uncle.

'anake

Aunty.

'ano

Kind (type), sort; rather, somewhat.

au

I.

'awapuhi

Ginger.

'ē

Already, beforehand, previously.

'ehā

Four.

'ele'ele

Black.

hale

House, building.

hana

Work, activity; to work, to do.

hau'oli

Happy.

hea

Where, what (only in questions).

he'e

Octopus.

a

and (with verbs and sentences; belonging to)

aʻe

upward, sideways

ahahana!

shame!

āhea

when (future, questions)

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)

āna

his, her

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

āu

your

aʻu

your (with prepositions); my

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

ʻehiku

seven

eia

here is

e ia nei

you! you there! (affectionate, friendly greeting)

ʻeiwa

nine

ʻekahi

one

(only in counting)

ʻeke

bag, purse (ke)

ʻeke kua

backpack

ʻekolu

three

ʻelemakule

old man

ʻelemākule (pl.)

ʻeli

to dig

ʻelima

five

ʻelua

two

emi

cheap, reasonable, decreasing

enenue, nenue

chub or pilot fish

ʻeono

six

e (verb) ana

incomplete action markers

-indicating an ongoing or continuous action.

ʻewalu

eight

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