625 Flashcards
frequent words
actor
mea hana keaka
afternoon
‘auinalā
alive
ola
late afternoon
ahiahi
apple
āpala; poma
adjective
ha’i’ano
air
ea
animal
holoholona
April
‘Apelila
adult
makua (also means: parent)
airport
kahua ho’olulu mokulele (“place to dock flying ship”)
arm
lima
army
pū’ali
art
hana no’eau (“skilled work”)
artist
kaha ki’i
attack
ho’ouka kaua; pu’e
August
‘Aukake
author
mea kākau
baby
keiki
back (body)
kua
bad
‘ino; maika’i ‘ole (not good)
bag
‘eke; ‘eke’eke
ball
kinipōpō
banana
mai’a
band (music)
pāna
bank ($)
panakō
bar (for drinking)
wahi inu lama; pākaukau
bathroom
lumi ‘au’au
to bathe
‘au’au
beach
kahakai
beard
‘umi’umi
beat (strike)
pepehi
beautiful
nani; u’i
bed
moe
bedroom
lumi moe
beef
pipi
beer
pia
bend (verb)
pelu
beverage
mea inu (“thing to drink”)
bicycle
paikikala
big
nui
bill (document)
pila
billion
piliona
bird
manu
black
‘ele’ele
blind
makapō
blood
koko
blue
no exact equivalent! uli = dark color
boat
moku; poki
body
kino
bone
iwi
book
puke
bottle
ōmole
bottom, base, foundation
kumu
box
pahu
boy
keiki kāne (male child)
brain
lolo
bread
palaoha
breakfast
‘aina kakahiaka (morning food)
bridge
uapo
older brother of a male
kaikua’ana
younger brother of a male
kaikaina
brother of a female
kaikunāne
brown
no exact equivalent! uliuli (dark in color)
build
kūkulu
building
hale
burn (verb)
‘ā
burned
pau ahi
bus
ka’a ‘ōhua
buy
kū’ai
cake
mea ‘ono (“tasty thing”)
call
hea; kāhea
camera
pahupa’iki’i
camp (noun)
kahua
car
ka’a
card
pepa
carry, take, transport
lawe
coffee
kope
cat
pōpoki
catch, grab
‘apo, hopu
ceiling
kaupaku
centimeter
kenimekela
chair
noho
cheap
emi, makepono
cheese
waiūpa’a
chicken
moa
child
keiki
church
hale pule
circle, hoop, loop
apo
city
kūlanakauhale
clay
pālolo
clean
ma’ema’e
clock
uaki
close (verb)
ho’opa’a
clothing
lole
club (organization)
hui
coat
kuka
cold
anu
color
waiho’olu’u
computer
lola uila; kamepiula
consonant
leokanipū
contract, agreement
‘aelike
cook
ho’omo’a; kuke
copper
keleawe
corn
kūlina
corner (noun)
huina
count (verb)
helu; heluhelu
foreign country
kahiki
court (legal)
‘aha
cow
pipi wahine
crowd
lehulehu
cry
uē, uwē
cup
pola
curved
pi’o
cut
‘oki
dance
ha’a
date (time)
manawa
daughter
kaikamahine
day
lā
dead
make
December
kēkēmapa
deep
hohonu
diamond
kaimana
die (verb)
make; make loa
dig (with a sharp tool)
‘eli
dinner
‘aina ahiahi
directions (instructions)
kuhikuhi
dirty, dirt, earth, ground, filth
lepo
disease
ma’i
doctor
kauka
dog
īlio
dollar
kālā
door
puka
dot
kiko
down (below)
lalo; i lalo
draw (sketch)
kaha
dream
moe’uhane; moe
dress (the garment)
lole
drink (verb)
inu
drive (a car)
kalaiwa
drug (noun)
lā’au
dry
malo’o
dust
ehu lepo (“spray of dirt”)
ear
pepeiao
earth, world, realm
ao
east
hikina
eat
‘ai
edge
ka’e
egg
hua
eight
‘ewalu; walu
eighteen
‘umi kūmāwalu
eighty
kanawalu
election
koho
electric; electricity; lightning
uila
eleven
‘umi kūmākahi
engine
‘enikini
evening
ahiahi
every
kēlā … kēia
exercise
ho’oikaika kino (cause (ho’o) strength (ikaika) body (kino))
expensive
pipi’i
explode
ho’opahū
eye
maka
face
maka, helehelena
fall (verb)
hā’ule
family
‘ohana
famous
kaulana
farm
mahi’ai
fast
‘āwīwī, wikiwiki
father
makua kāne
February
pepeluali
feed
hānai
female
wahine
fifteen
‘umi kūmālima
fifth
lima
fifty
kanalima
fight
hakakā
find
loa’a
finger
manamana lima
fire
ahi
first
mua
fish
i’a
five
lima
flat (level)
pālahalaha
floor
papahele
flower
pua
fly (verb)
lele
follow
hahai
food
‘ai
foot (body part)
wāwae
foot (length)
kapua’i
forest
ulu lā’au
fork
‘ō
forty
kanahā
four
‘ehā
fourteen
‘umi kūmāhā
fourth
hā
Friday
pō’alima
friend
hoaloha, hoaaloha
front
alo
game, sport, recreation
mea pā’ani
garden
māla
gasoline
kakalina
gift
makana
girl
kaikamahine
glass
aniani
go (verb)
hele
god
akua
gold
kula
good
maika’i
grandfather
kupuna kāne, tūtū
grandmother
kupuna wahine, tūtū
grass
mau’u
gray
‘āhinahina
green
‘ōma’oma’o
ground
lepo
grow
ulu; ho’oulu
gun
pū
hair
lauoho
half
hapalua
hand
lima
hang
ho’olewalewa
happy
hau’oli
hard (not soft)
‘o’ole’a
hat
pāpale
he
‘oia
head
po’o
health
olakino
hear
lohe
heart
pu’uwai
heat
wela
heaven
lani
heavy
kaumaha
hell
kehena
high
ki’eki’e
hill
pu’u
hole (perforation)
puka
horse
lio
hospital
hale ma’i
hot
wela
hotel
hōkele
hour
hola
house
hale
human
kanaka
native
‘ōiwi
hundred
hanele
husband
kāne
I (pronoun)
au; wau
ice
hau
image
ki’i
inch
‘īniha
injure
‘ino
inside
loko
instrument (musical)
pila
island
moku
it
ia; ‘oia
January
Ianuali
job
‘oihana
juice
wai
July
Iulai
jump
lele
June
Iune
key
kī
kill
pepehi ā make
king
mō’ī
kiss
honi
kitchen
lumi kuke
knee
kuli
knife
pahi
lake
loko
lamp
kukui
laugh
‘aka
lawyer
loio
leaf
lau; lā- in contractions (e.g., lā’alo = taro leaf)
learn
a’o
on the left
ma ka hema
leg
wāwae
lemon
lemi
letter (missive)
leka
library
hale waihona puke
lie down/recline
moe
lift
hāpai
light (illumination)
ao
light (not heavy)
māmā
electric light
kukui uila
location
kahua
lock
kī; laka
long
loa; loloa
loose
hemo
lose
ho’olilo
loud
wā
love
aloha
low
lalo
lunch
‘aina awakea
magazine
puke heluhelu (“book reading”)
male
kāne
man
kāne
manager
haku nui
map
palapala’aina
March
Malaki
market
mākeke
marriage
male ‘ana
marry
male
material
kino; makelia
May
Mei
mean (cruel)
mākonā
medicine
lā’au
melt
he’e
metal
mekala
meter
mika
milk
waiū
million
miliona
minute
minuke
mix
ho’ohui
Monday
pō’akahi
money
kālā
month
mahina
moon
mahina
morning
kakahiaka
mother
makuahine
mountain
mauna
mouse
‘iole
mouth
waha
movie
ki’i ‘oni’oni
murder
pepehi kanaka
song, vocal music
mele
instrumental music
pila ho’okani
narrow
lā’iki
nature (outdoors)
no word!
neck
‘ā’ī
neighbor
hoa noho
net
‘upena
new
hou
newspaper
nūpepa
nice
‘aul’i; ‘olu’olu
night
pō
nine
‘eiwa
nineteen
‘umi kūmāiwa
ninety
kanaiwa
no
a’ole
north
‘ākau
nose
ihu
note (on paper)
leka pōkole
November
Nowemapa
number
helu
ocean
moana
October
‘Okakopa
office
ke’ena
oil
‘aila
old (vs new)
kahiko
old (vs young)
wā ‘elemakule
one
‘ekahi
open (state of being open, as a door)
hāmama
orange (the fruit)
‘alani
orange (color)
melemele ‘ili ‘alani
outside
waho
page
‘ao’ao
pain
‘eha
paint
pena
pants
lole wāwae
paper
pāpā
parent
makua
park (location)
pāka
pass (verb)
mā’olo, kā’olo
patient (sick person)
ma’i
pattern
ana
pay
uku
peace
malu
pen
peni
pencil
penikala
person
kanaka
philosophy
akeakami
photo
ki’i
piece
‘āpana
pig
pua’a
pink
‘ākala
plane
ko’i kahi
plant
lā’au
plastic (malleable)
‘ūlina
plate
pā
play
pā’ani
player
mea pā’ani
pākeke
poison
lā’au make
police
māka’i
pond
ki’o
poor (impoverished)
‘ilihune
pork
pua’a
pound (weight)
paona
pray
pule
president
pelekikena
price
kumu kū’ai
priest
kahuna
prison
hale pa’ahao
program
papa kuhikuhi
pull
huki
push
pahu
queen
mō’ī wahine
quiet
mālie
race (people)
lāhui
race (sport)
heihei
radio
lekiō
rain
ua
red
ʻula
religion
hoʻomana
restaurant
hale ʻaina
rice
laiki
rich (wealthy)
waiwai
right (direction)
ʻākau
ring
komo
river
kahawai
roof
kaupoku
room
lumi
root
aʻa
run
holo, holoholo
sad
kaumaha
salt
paʻakai
salted
miko
sand
one
Saturday
Pōʻaono
school
kula
science
akeakamai
screen
pākū
sea
kai; moana
season (time)
kau
second (2nd)
lua
second (unit of time)
kekona
secretary
kākau ʻōlelo
see
ʻike
seed
ʻanoʻano
sell
kūʻai aku
September
Kepakemapa
seven
hiku
seventeen
ʻumi kūmāhiku
seventy
kanahiku
sex (gender)
no Hawaiian term
sex (activity)
ai, ei
shake
naue
shallow
pāpaʻu
she
ʻo ia
ship
moku
shirt
pālule
shoes
kāmaʻa
shoot
pana
short (vs long)
pōkole
short (vs tall)
pōkole
shoulder
poʻohiwi
sick
maʻi
side
ʻaoʻao
sign (noun)
hōʻailona
silver
kālā keʻokeʻo
sing
mele
sister
tita, kika (slang)
older sibling (same gender as speaker)
kaikuaʻana
younger sibling (same gender as speaker)
kaikaina
sister of male
kaikuahine
sit
noho
six
ono
sixteen
ʻumi kūmāono
sixty
kanaono
skin
ʻili
skirt
palekoki
sky
lani
sleep
moe
slow
lohi
small
iki, liʻi
smell (verb)
honihoni
smile
minoʻaka
snow
hau
soap
kopa
soft
palupalu
soil
lepo
soldier
koa
son
keiki kāne
song
mele
sound (noise)
leo; kani
soup
kai
south
hema
space (outer)
lewa mawaho
speak
ōlelo
spoon
puna
play, sport, game
paʻani
square
huinahā kaulike
stain
kohu
stand
kū
star
hōkū
stone (pebble)
pōhaku
stop
hoʻopau
store/shop
hale kūʻai
straight
pololei
street
alanui
strong
ikaika
student
haumāna
sugar
kōpaʻa
suit
paʻa
summer
kau
sun
lā
Sunday
Lāpule
sweat
hou
swim
ʻau
table
pākaukau
tall (applied to person)
loloa
to try, to taste
hoʻāʻo
tea
kī
teach
aʻo
teacher
kumu
tear
waimaka
telephone
kelepona
television
kīwī
temperature
anu
ten
ʻumi
thick
mānoanoa
think
manaʻo
thin
wīwī
third
hapakolu
thirteen
ʻumi kūmākolu
thirty
kanakolu
thousand
kaukani
three
kolu
throw
nou
Thursday
Pōʻahā
ticket
kikiki
tight
likiliki
time
wā
tired
luhi
toe
manamana wāwae
tongue
alelo
tooth
niho
top
wēkiu
touch
pā
town
kūlanalauhale
train
aʻo
tree
lāʻau
truck
kalaka
Tuesday
Pōʻalua
turn
huli
twelve
ʻumi kūmālua
twenty
iwakālua
twenty-five
iwakālua kūmālima
two
lua
ugly
pupuka
university
kul nui
up
luna
valley
awaawa
voice
leo
waiter
kuene
wake up
ala
walk
hele wāwae
wall
pā
war
kaua
warm
mahana
wash
holoi
water
wai
wave
nalu
we (dual)
kāua
we (3+)
kākou
weak
nāwaliwali
wear
komo
wedding
male ʻana
Wednesday
Pōʻakolu
week
pule
weight
kaupaona
west
komohana
wet
pulu
white
keʻokeʻo
wide
ākea
wife
wahine
win
lanakila
wind
makani
window
pukaaniani
wine
waina
woman
wahine
wood
lāʻau
work
hana
world
ao
write
kākau
year
makahiki
yellow
melemele
you (singular)
ʻoe
you two
ʻolua
you (3+)
ʻoukou
young
ʻopio
zero
ʻole