Lānaʻi Vocabulary

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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