ahupua'a - land division, estate

aikane - friend

aina - the land

akamai - wisdom, ingenuity: skillful

ala - road, path, way

alapapeka - alphabet

aloha - affection, sympathy, greeting

anuenue - rainbow

auwe - alas, ouch

ha'ina - end of song

hale - house, home

hana - work

hanai - feed, nourish, support, adopt

haole - white, foreign

hapa - fraction, part

hapai - lift up, carry: pregnant

hauoli - joy

haupia - delicious pudding of arrowroot and coconut milk

heiau - large place of worship, temple

honu - turtle

ho`okipa - to entertain, welcome

hoolaulea - celebration

hui - club or association

hukilau - group fishing festival

hula - dance and song: eye twitching: to dance to rhythmic song

huli - to turn

ikaika - power: strong, energetic

imu - ground oven

ipo - sweetheart

kahiko - ancient, aged

kahuna - Hawaiian priest; (modern application), sorcerer

kai - the sea

kala - money

Kalikimaka - Christmas

kalua - baked underground

kama`aina - native born; people of the land (modern application)

kane - male; husband

kapakahi - crooked, lopsided

kapu - forbidden, sacred

kaukau - food

keiki - child

kilohana - the very best

kokua - help, cooperate

kolohe - roguish, playful, mirthful, jolly, naughty

kona - leeside

kua - the back

kuleana - right, privilege, responsibility

ku'uipo - my sweetheart

lanai - porch

lani - heavenly

laulau - bundled food

loa - long, of time or space; very

lolo - stupid

lomilomi - massage

lua - toilet

luau - taro leaf, feast

mahalo - to approve, thank, praise, applaud

makai - seaward

malama - to care for

malihini - stranger

mana - authority, power, might

manuahi - free

maoli - native; genuine

mauka - toward the mountains

mauna - mountain

mele - vocal music

moana - ocean, to be spread out

moemoe - sleep

nani - big

nei - this; here; this time or place

nene - Hawaiian goose

nui - large, great

`onipa`a - firm, strong, fixed, immovable

ono - delicious

opu - abdomen

pahoehoe - smooth, shiny lava

pakalolo - marijuana

pali - cliff, precipice

paniolo - Hawaiian cowboy

pau - all finished

pi'la ho'okani - instrumental music

pilau - trouble, dirty

pilikia - trouble

poi - taro paste

pono - goodness, uprightness, to be just

popoki - cat

puka - a hole

pupu - hors d'oeuvres

pupule - crazy, insane

tutu - grandmother

ukulele -flea, small guitar

wahine - female

wai - fresh water, liquid

wikiwiki - hurry