Oʻahu Vocabulary

Letʻs review the vocabulary from the story. After you have heard these words a few times each, you might want to try to write them down.

Nā ʻōlelo Pōkole, expressions

• ʻaʻole pilikia – no problem
• kekahi – another
• e ō – yes (in reply)
• e Lani – Hi, Lani
• a ʻo ʻoe? – and as for you?
• ʻaʻohe – none
• kuʻu wahi hoa – my friend (sarcastically)
• ka mua – the first one
• ma luna ou – on top of you (one person)
• naʻu – for me
• nāu – for you
• aia nō a – as soon as, once you . … .
• ʻa ʻo ia! – thatʻs it! OK! let’s go!
• au – me, I
• i hea? – where
• kāua – you and I (2 people)
• pehea? – how is it?

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Nā Kikino, or noun-like words

• he pae mauna – mountain range
• he mea – a thing, a person, a thingy
• he kapuaʻi – a foot (measurement, or foot)
• he kanaka – a person
• he kinolau – an alternate body form of a
• he kukui – a candlenut tree, or the nut
• he humuhumunukunukuʻāpuaʻa – a kind of fish, the Hawaiian state fish
• he hala – a pandanus leaf
• he makaʻāinana
• he nalu – a wave
• he hoaaloha – a friend
• he wahine – a woman
• he kāne – a man
• he pāpāʻōlelo – a conversation
• he kanuika – a sandwich
• he hola – an hour
• pō – nighttime, night
• ka lā – daytime, day
• ke kakahiaka – morning
• ke awakea – midday

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Nā ʻAʻano, adverbs and adjectives

koke – quickly, soon
kiʻekiʻe – high in altitude; high up; tall
kolohe – naughty, micheivous
lokomaikaʻi – benevolent, kind, generous
nunui – very large, redup. of nui
kūpono – correct, right
pōloli – hungry
hapa – a half

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Nā Inoa, proper names

Koʻolau
Waiʻanae
Kaʻala
Kākuhihewa
Kamapuaʻa
Oʻahu
Konahuanui
Waimea

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Nā Hamani a me nā Hehele, action words

hoʻolohe – to listen
heʻenalu – to surf
nānā – to look
poʻi – to break, as a wave
hōʻike – to show, to teach
aʻo – to teach or learn
hoʻomaka – to start, to begin
kani – to sound, to make a sound

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Nā Huahelu

These are the numbers from one to plenty.

• hoʻokahi – one
• ʻelua – two
• ʻekolu – three
• ʻeha – four
• ʻelima – five
• ʻeono – six
• ʻehiku – seven
• ʻewalu – eight
• ʻeiwa – nine
• ʻumi – ten
• ʻumikūmākahi – eleven
• ʻumikūmālua – twelve
• ʻumikūmākolu – thirteen
• ʻumikūmāhā – fourteen
• ʻumikūmālima – fifteen
• ʻūmikūmāono – sixteen
• ʻumikūmāhiku – seventeen
• ʻūmikūmāwalu – eighteen
• ʻumikūmāiwa – nineteen
• ʻiwakālua – twenty

The following three are taken from English word from a hundred, thousand and million. Repeat after me.

• haneli – hundred
• kaukani – thousand
• miliona – million

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