Verbs for practice sentences: everyday action words, grouped by topic.
Mammal action words
- to run
- holo / holoholo
- to sit
- noho
- to eat
- ʻai
- to sleep
- hiamoe
- to hide
- peʻe
- to dig
- ʻeli
- to crawl
- kolo
- to swim
- ʻau
- to bathe/wash
- ʻauʻau
Sea animals
- to swim
- holo
- to jump
- lele
- to bite
- nahu
- to dive
- luʻu
Birds
- to fly
- lele
- to chirp
- kio, kiokio
- to peck
- kikokiko
- to terrify
- hoʻoweliweli
Plants
- to grow
- ulu
- to sprout
- kupu, kawowo
- to bloom
- mohala
- to creep along
- kolo
Food actions
- to eat
- ʻai
- to cook
- hoʻomoʻa (trad), “kuke” (modern)
- to prepare
- hoʻomākaukau
- to cut
- ʻokiʻoki, pokepoke
Actions for people
- to talk
- ʻōlelo / walaʻau
- to play
- pāʻani
- to hug
- pūliki
- to laugh
- ʻakaʻaka
- to smile
- minoʻaka
- to see
- ʻike
- to observe
- nānā
- to walk along
- hele
- to dance
- hula, hulahula
- to sing
- hīmeni
- to wave
- peʻahi lima
ʻŌlelo Online Virtual Classroom · kumu Kaliko Beamer-Trapp · Sheet revisions October 2019, September 2020 and January 2021