Island-Style Dictionary

Learning ‘Ōlelo

‘Ōlelo is a Hawaiian word meaning language, speech, word, etc. The following are words or phrases in Hawaiian or Hawaiian Pidgin used in Lauele Universe Stories. If you know a Pidgin word or phrase that you’d like to add or a new definition to include, please email ’em to me at AuntyLehua@LehuaParker.com. Mahalo plenny, yeah?

Click on a word below to learn its definition and proper usage.

‘ (‘okina as first letter)

• ‘āina
• ‘a‘ole pilikia
• ʻaumākua
• ʻeʻepa
• ‘ohana nui
• ‘ōkole
• ‘ono
• ‘opihi
• ‘ukulele
• ʻulīʻulī

A

• ai ka pressah
• akamai
• aloha pō

B

• babooze
• bamboocha
• boroz, boroboroz
• bulai
• bumbai

C

• calabash
• chee
• chicken skin
• chillax
• confunit
• crack seed

D

• da kine

E

• every time
  

F

• fo’days
• futless

G

• geev’um

H

• hālau
• hammajang
• hana hou
• Hau’oli Makahiki Hou
• haumāna
• haupia
• Hokule‘a
• holoholo
• hukilau
• hula
• hula hālau

I

• imu

J

• junkenpo
• junkalunka

K

• kakimochi
• kaona
• keiki
• kolohe
• kuleana
• kulolo
• kumu

L

• lānai
• lauhala
• laulau
• lei
• Lei Day
• Local / Local Style
• lū‘au

M

• malasadas
• maika’i
• make ‘A’
• manapua
• manini
• mauka
• Mele Kalikimaka
• mento

N

• nānā
• nīele

O

• one

P

• pāhoehoe
• pahu
• pali
• pao’o
• pau hana
• pikake
• pilau
• pilikia
• poi
• poke
• pōpō aniani
• portagee-man-o-war
• pupule

Q

R

• radical

S

• sashimi
• shambattle
• shave ice
• slippahs
• Summer Fun

T

• tūtū wahine
• talk story

U

• uhu
• uji

V

W

• whatevahs
• winter

X

Y

• you

Z