As with our section on Molokaʻi, please note that the vocabulary list in this lesson surrounding Lānaʻi goes beyond the words and expressions used in the story.
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Nā ʻōlelo Pōkole, expressions
- a puni – all around. this goes at the end of a phrase
- ʻaʻole nō – not indeed
- mana o ka moʻolelo – version of the story
- kāna i hana ai – that which he or she did
- no kekahi wā – for some particular length of time
- nui kona aloha ʻia – he or she is greatly loved
- mahalo – thank you
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Nā Kikino, or noun-like words
- he lānai – a veranda, a porch, a deck
- he aliʻi kāne – a chief
- he aliʻi wahine – a chiefess
- he ipo – a sweetheart
- he halakahiki – a pineapple
- he pākēneka – a percentage
- he hui – a business
- he hōkele – a hotel
- he awa – a bay
- he lūʻau – a cooked taro leaf; also the name of a traditional Hawaiian feast.
- he muʻumuʻu – a “mother hubbard” style dress. This is often mispronounced “moomoo”.
- Muʻumuʻu. Literally, it means “cut off”. muʻumuʻu
- he ʻōpū – a stomach
- he paniolo – a cowboy. from the word “espaniola”
- he pāʻū – a somewhat heavy skirt used in dancing hula or, in the old days, for ladies to use when riding horses
- he puka – a door, a hole that goes completely through something
- he lua – a hole which has a bottom, like a pot-hole in a road; also, lua means a toilet.
- ka hope – the final one, the last one
- ke kiʻekiʻe – the altitude
- ke keikikāne – the young boy, baby boy
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ʻAʻano, adverbs and adjectives
- liʻiliʻi – small
- kaʻawale – separate, not connected
- hoihoi – very interested in learning about something
- mau loa – going on forever
- ʻono – very tasy, as food
- pupule – somewhat crazy
- wikiwiki – quickly, fast
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Inoa, proper names
- Lānaʻi – the island name
- Lānaʻihale – the mountain name
- Makakēhau – the name of a chief
- Puʻupehe – the name of a chiefess and a rock in the sea next to Lānaʻi
- Manele – a place
- Koʻele – a place
Nā Hamani a me nā Hehele, action words
- hana ʻino – to do evil
- hoʻouna – to send
- nuku – to scold
- kanu – to bury
- hoʻokipa – to invite people to come to something
- kūkulu – to build. Note the relationship to the word “kū”, to stand.
(Coming up in the next lesson:) Nā Māhele o ke Kino (Parts of the Body)
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