Hawaiian 101 Vocab Words

ke alanui

street/road

ka inoa

name

ka haumāna

student

ka hale

house/building

ke kaʻa

car/vehicle

ke keiki

child (general term) boy; son

ke kumu

teacher

ka lānai lānai

porch

ka mokupuni

island

ka noho

chair

ke pākaukau

table

ke poʻo

head

ka wahine

woman

ka ʻanakala

uncle

ka ʻanakē

aunty

ke aloha

love; to love someone/something

ka heluhelu

to read

ke kākau

to write

ka mahalo

to appreciate/admire/admiration; to thank

ka pela

to spell

ka hele

walk/walking/go/going

ka hui

to come together with

ka maikaʻi

good/fine/goodness

ka nani

pretty/beautiful/beauty

ka iʻa

fish

ke one

sand

ka hale kūʻai

store

ka hale pule

church

ka hoaaloha

friend

ka honua

ground; the earth

ke kaikamahine

girl; daughter

ke kanaka

man; human

ke kāne

male; husband

ke keiki kāne

boy; son

ke kula

school

ke kumu kula

school teacher

ka lā

calendar day; day; sun

ka lani

sky; heaven

ka lānai

lānai

ka lei

lei

ka lūʻau

lūʻau

ka maka

eye

ka māmā

mom

ka manawa

time; occasion

ka pali

cliff

ka papa

class

ka pāpā

dad

ka peni

pen; marker

ka penikala

pencil

ka pepa

paper

ka pōpoki

cat

ka puke

book

ka wahine

female; woman; wife

ka ʻaoʻao

page

ka ʻīlio

dog

ka hoʻopā

to touch something

ka hoʻopili

to imitate

ka hoʻopili mai

to imitate me/us

ke kuhikuhi

to point out; point toward

ka nīnau

to question ; to ask about; to ask

ka hele mai

to walk this way; come

au

I

wau

I (optional replacement of au)

aʻu

me (used after the ʻami me)

iaʻu

to me; by me; on me (contraction of iā + aʻu)

ʻoe

you

ia

he; she; it (ʻo ia when used in the piko position)

ia

him; her (used after the ʻami me or iā)

ka ua

rain

ka Hawaiʻi

Hawaiian

ka lole

clothes

ka makani

wind

ka mākeke

market

ka mea

thing; person; individual; one

ka meaʻai

food

ka Pākē

Chinese

ke pani puka

door (door itself)

ke poho

chalk

ka pua

flower

ka puka

door (door way)

ka pukaaniani

window

ka wai

water

ka waihoʻoluʻu

color

ka uē

to cry about something; weep for someone

ka hana

work; do; make

ka ʻai

eat

ka inu

drink

ke kōkua

help

ke kū

to stand up; stand still; come to a stop

ka lele

jump; fly

ka noho

sit; stay put; live (someplace); reside

ka holo

run; travel on a fast moving vehicle (e.g. car/ship/plane)

ka holo mai

to run towards me/us; travel towards me/us

ke akamai

intelligent; smart

ke anuanu

cold

ke ola

healthy; cured; alive; life; to be living

ka uliuli

blue

ka hauʻoli

happy

ke kaulana

famous

ke kahiko

old; ancient