| Hawaiian1 | English |
| ........................................ | ........................................ |
| `Ae | Yes |
| Ahi | Fire |
| Ahiahi | Evening |
| Ahu | Heap, collection, shrine |
| `Ahu | Upper body garment; cape, shirt, coat |
| Ahupua`a | Land division |
| Ai | To eat/ consume |
| Aia | There |
| Aia i hea? | Where? |
| `Aina | Land |
| Akamai | Knowledgeable |
| `Akau | North |
| Aku | Away from me (directional) |
| Ali`i | Hawaiian royalty |
| Aloalo | Hibiscus |
| Aloha | Greetings, hello, good-bye, affection, love |
| Ame | And |
| `Anakala | Uncle |
| `Anake | Aunt |
| Aniani | Glass |
| Aokuewa | Worthless land (Land on which nothing grows) |
| `A`ole | No |
| `Apelila | April |
| `Apopo | Tomorrow |
| A`u | Swordfish, marlin |
| Au | I, me |
| Auinala | Afternoon |
| `Aukake | August |
| `Aumakua | Family god |
| Aumoe | Midnight |
| Aupuni | Government, nation |
| Awa | Passage, channel, harbor |
| `Awa | A native shrub, whose root has medicinal and narcotic uses |
| Awakea | Noon |
| Ha`aha`a | Humbleness |
| Ha`awina | Lesson |
| Hala | Pandanus tree |
| Hala-kahiki | Pineapple |
| Halau | School |
| Hale | House |
| Haleakala | House of the rising sun |
| Halemahina | House of the moon |
| Hana | Activity, labor |
| Hanai | Adopted child |
| Hanau | To give birth |
| Hapa | Part, a portion |
| Hapai | To carry; pregnant |
| Hau | A Hawaiian hibiscus; used as natural fencing |
| Ha`ule lau | Autumn |
| Haumana | Student |
| Haumia | Uncleanliness in one's life |
| Hau`oli | Happy |
| He aha | What |
| He`e | Octopus |
| Heiau | Hawaiian worship site |
| Hele | To go, to come |
| Hele aku | Go away |
| Hele mai | Come here |
| Helu | Number |
| Hema | South |
| Hepekoma | Week |
| Hikina | East |
| Himeni | Sing |
| Hinana | Young 'o'opu returning upstream after post-larvae migration from the fresh water to the ocean. |
| Hoahanau | Cousin |
| Hoaloha | Friend |
| Hola | Hour |
| Holoku | A loose, seamed dress, with train, yoke & patterned print |
| Honu | Turte |
| Ho`oilo | Winter |
| Ho`okipa | To extend hospitality |
| Ho`okupu | Gift from the land |
| Ho`olaule`a | Celebration |
| Ho`olauna `Ana | Friendly conversation |
| Ho`olele | To embark |
| Ho`olohe | To listen |
| Ho`oninau | To ask |
| Ho`oponopono | To set things right, amend, rectify |
| Hou | New, again |
| Hui | Organization |
| Hula | Dance |
| I`a | Fish |
| Ianuali | January |
| `Ili | A subdivision of an ahupua`a |
| `Ili `ili | Stone; Hula castanets |
| `Ilio | Dog |
| Imu | Cooking pit/ underground oven |
| Inehinei | Yesterday |
| Inoa | Name |
| `Iole | Rat |
| Ipo | Lover, boy/ girlfriend |
| Iulai | July |
| Iune | June |
| Iwi | Bones |
| Ka | The (Singular; use "ke" before words starting with "a," "e," "o," and k.") |
| Kahako | Macron; a mark "-" placed over a vowel to indicate that the vowel is long |
| Kahakai | Beach |
| Kahawai | Stream |
| Kaho`olawe | The act of taking |
| Kahu | Keeper of the heiau |
| Ka`i | To walk/ lead |
| Kai | Ocean |
| Kaikamahine | Daughter |
| Kaikua`ana | Older sibling cousin, of same sex |
| Kaikunane | Brother |
| Kaikuahine | Sister |
| Kaka | Duck |
| Kakahiaka | Morning |
| Kako`o | Apprentice |
| Kakou | Us |
| Kala | To release, free |
| Kalani | Chief |
| Kalua | To bake in a ground oven |
| Kalo | Taro |
| Kama`aina | Native-born |
| Kamaiki | Infant (boy or girl) |
| Kanaka | Human |
| Kanaka maoli | Native Hawaiian |
| Kane | Man |
| Kapu | Forbidden, sacred, taboo, no trespassing |
| Kaukau | Food |
| Kau wela | Summer |
| Kawa | Leaping place |
| Ke | The (See "ka" above for usage) |
| Ke Akua | God |
| Keia la | Today |
| Keiki | Child |
| Keiki kane | Son |
| Keiki hanau o ka `aina | Child of the land |
| Kekemapa | December |
| Kekoa | Warrior |
| Kekona | Second (fraction of a minute) |
| Kela 'apopo | Tomorrow |
| Kepakemapa | September |
| Ki | Ti plant |
| Ki | Image, carving |
| Ki`i | Picture |
| Ki`ionioni | Moving picture |
| Ko | Sugar Cane |
| Koali | Morning glory (plant) |
| Kohala | Whale |
| Kokua | Help |
| Komohana | West |
| Kona | Leeward, from the South |
| Ko`olau | Windward, from the North |
| Kou | A softwood tree |
| Ko`u | My |
| Ku | Deity |
| Ku`ai | To purchase |
| Kukakuka | Let's talk story |
| Kukui | Candlenut tree |
| Kula | School Gold, golden |
| Kuleana | Right, claim, property, interest |
| Kumu | Teacher |
| Kumu nui | Coconut tree |
| Kupulau | Spring (season) |
| Kupuna | Elder, ancestor |
| Kupuna kahiko | Ancient |
| Kupuna kane | Grandfather |
| Kupuna wahine | Grandmother |
| La | Day |
| La hanau | Birthday |
| Lanai | Porch, patio |
| Lani | Heaven |
| La noa | Weekday |
| Lanui | Holiday, special day |
| Lapule | Sunday |
| Laulima | To work together |
| Leka | Letter |
| Lele | To leap, fly, disembark, move |
| Lomi lomi | Traditional Hawaiian massage |
| Lono | Deity of agriculture, peace |
| Loulu | Fan palm tree |
| Lua | Hole with a bottom, crater |
| Lua `ole | Unequalled, incomparable |
| Mahalo | Thank you |
| Mahina | Moon, month |
| Mahinahina | Feminine-like |
| Ma`i | Sick, ill |
| Mai | To come |
| Mai kai | Toward the ocean |
| Maika`i | Good |
| Maika`i `ole | Bad |
| Ma`ima`i | Sickly, ill-like |
| Maka | Eyes |
| Maka aniani | Eye glasses |
| Makahiki | Year |
| Makahiki Hou | New Year |
| Makai | Ocean-side |
| Makamaka | Colleague |
| Makana | Gift |
| Makani | Wind |
| Make | Dead |
| Makemake | Miss, desire |
| Makua | Parent |
| Makuahine | Mother |
| Makua kane | Father |
| Malaki | March |
| Malama | To care for, preserve |
| Malihini | Visitor |
| Mana | Spiritual power |
| Mana`o | Thought, belief |
| Mano | Shark |
| Maoli | Real, true |
| Mau | Many |
| Ma uka | Toward the mountain |
| Mei | May |
| Mele | Chant, song |
| Menehune | Mythological Hawaiian elf |
| Minuke | Minute |
| Moa | Chicken |
| Moana | Ocean |
| Moe | Rest |
| Moe moe | Sleep |
| Moku | Island |
| Momi | Pearl |
| Mo`olelo | History, tradition, journal |
| Na | The (Plural) |
| Nai`a | Dolphin |
| Nana | Observe |
| Nani | Beautiful |
| Naupaka | A native shrub with a white blossom that look like half-flowers |
| Naupaka kahakai | The coastal species of naupaka |
| Naupaka kuahiwi | The mountain species of naupaka |
| Nene | Goose |
| Ninau | Question |
| Nowemapa | November |
| Nui | Big, large |
| Oe | You (Singular) |
| `Ohana | Family, relative |
| `Ohiki | Sand crab |
| `Okakopa | October |
| `Okina | Glottal stop, punctuation: "`" |
| `Okole | Butt |
| `Okolehao | Liquor distilled from the ti root |
| `Olelo | Words, to speak |
| Oli | Chant |
| Olohe | Expert |
| `Olu `olu | Please |
| Oni oni | To move (i.e.; the hip) |
| Ono | A large mackerel type fish |
| `Ono | Delicious |
| O`o | The act of ... |
| `O`opu akupa | An endemic stream fish without fused pelvic fin; does not climb |
| `O`opu alamo`o | An endemic native stream fish that climbs middle to upper stream reaches |
| `O`opu nakea | An endemic stream fish often found in taro patches; likes warm water |
| `O`opu naniha | An endemic stream fish that stays low in the estuary; has a fused pelvic fin; does not climb |
| `O`opu napili | An endemic stream fish found in fast-running water |
| `Opae | Shrimp |
| `Opae ula | A small endemic red shrimp |
| `Opala | Trash |
| `Opihi | Limpet |
| Oukou | You (Plural) |
| `O wai | Who |
| Pa | To begin |
| Pali | Cliff |
| Pane | Answer |
| Paniolo | Cowboy |
| Papa | Mother earth |
| Pau | Finished, complete, over, after |
| Pa`u | A woman's skirt worn horseback riding |
| Pea | Avocado |
| Pehea | How |
| Pepeluali | February |
| Pilialo | Wife |
| Pilikia | Trouble |
| Pilikua | Husband |
| Pinao | Dragonfly |
| Po | Night |
| Po- | Time of |
| Po`aha | Thursday |
| Po`akahi | Monday |
| Po`akolu | Wednesday |
| Po`alima | Friday |
| Po`alua | Tuesday |
| Po`aono | Saturday |
| Pohaku | Rock |
| Poho | Out of luck, damaged, lost |
| Pokani | Dark, star-less night |
| Pono | Moral, upright, excellence, in balance |
| Popopo | Rotten |
| Pua | Flower |
| Pua`a | Pig, pork |
| Pueo | Owl |
| Puka | Hole, perforation |
| Puka aniani | Window |
| Pule | Week. Also "prayer" |
| Pumehana | Warmth, affection |
| Pu`u | Protrusion, bulge, hill, peak |
| Ua | Rain |
| `Uhane | Spirit, ghost |
| `Uku | Flea |
| `Ulu | Breadfruit |
| Wa`a | Canoe |
| Wahine | Woman |
| Wakea | Father sky |
| Wapine | Lemon grass |
| Wauke | Mulberry tree |
| Wiki | Quick, fast |
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Maui Island Guide
1/ Okinas and macrons are
Christian-taught pronunciation markings and not indigenous to Hawaiian language. Due to
font limitations, macrons are represented with an underline. For macron usage, replace the
underline below a letter with a macron over the same letter.
