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Age Flashcards

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‘Ā’aua

A

Woman beginning to advance in age; appearance of wrinkles

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‘Alapu’u mo’o

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scamp of a baby grandchild

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‘Āo’o

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Middle-aged; elderly

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‘Āpela

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Old; aged

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5
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‘Ehu ahiahi

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Phrase meaning old age; Literally, twilight, red of the evening

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‘Elehine, ‘Elekule, ‘Elemakule

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Old woman, old fellow/old friend; old man

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Hakalunu

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Extreme old age, as when one is no longer able to walk

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Hānau

A

Baby; child; to be born

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Hānau Kahi; Hiapo

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Older child; first born

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10
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Hō’elemakule

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To act or behave like an old man

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Ho’oluahine

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To dress and act like an old lady

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12
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Ho’opēpē

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Baby; to act like a baby

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13
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Hope Loa

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Youngest child

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14
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‘Ili lua

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Seventh stage of life, old age.

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15
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He pakapaka ka ‘ili

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Wrinkled skin

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16
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Kaekae

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Young, attractive, plump, as a young woman

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17
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Kaikamāhine; kaikamahine

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Girls; girl

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18
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Ka’i Kōkō

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Bedridden; so old one needs to be carried in a net

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19
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Kama; Kamali’i

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Child

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20
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Kāma kahi; hānau kahi

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Only child, single child

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21
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Kamali’i

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Children; group of girls

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22
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Kāne ’ole

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Spinster, without a husband

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Kani ko’o

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An aged person who needs to carry a cane; literally, tapping cane

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24
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Kani mo’opuna

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Stage of old age where one has many grandchildren

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25
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Kauko’o

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To walk with a cane

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26
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Kau Maka ’iole

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Unable to see clearly; old age. When they eyes fin, the steps falter

27
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Keiki hānai

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Adopted son or child

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Kolopūpū

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Old, lean, withered, bent over; to walk carefully and feebly; literally, creep bent over

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Kolo’u’a

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Worn out old hag

30
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Kua

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4th in descent; a great-grandchild

31
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Kuapapa

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Ancient; oldest

32
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Kūnewa

33
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Kū’olo

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Old, as a person with sagging cheeks

34
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Ku’u mo’o lei

A

My beloved grandchild

35
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Lei

A

A beloved child

36
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Leu

A

A fair-haired youngster

37
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Liko

A

Child; youth; especially of a chief

38
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Luahine

39
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Makua

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Older; a relative of the parents’ generation

40
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Makua lua

A

Very old; literally, twice as mature

41
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Makule

A

Aged person

42
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Mua, hele mua

A

Older brother or sister

43
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Muli hope

A

Youngest child

44
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Niho kāhi; Niho lena

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Derisive term for old age; literally, tooth one/ tooth yellow

45
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Noho male ‘ole

A

Spinsterhood

46
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Ohi

A

Young maiden; youth

47
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‘Olomeka

48
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Olopala

A

Old fellow

49
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Ono wā u’i

A

To suck at a nipple; a sucking child

50
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O’o

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To ripen as fruit; to mature as an adult; applied to full grown young people

51
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‘Ōpio

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Youth or juvenile

52
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‘Ōpiopio

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Young, immature person

53
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‘Ōpu’u

54
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‘Ouo

A

Youth, young person

55
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Pala lau hala

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Advanced loss of hair; last stage of life

56
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Pī’alu

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Weak eyes, characteristic of an aged person

57
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Poke’o

58
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Po’o hina

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Gray hairs of an aged person

59
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Pua’aneane; puaneane

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Extreme old age (thus, eternity)

60
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Pupū

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Old man or woman who walks feebly and carefully for want of strength

61
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U’i

A

The form and strength of youth

62
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Wā’elemakule

63
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Wā kamali’i / wā li’ili’i

64
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Wā ‘u’uku

Treasury of Hawaiian Words (2 decks)

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