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