Hawaiian Flashcards
lulu
Calm peace shelter protection shield cloak to lie at anchor
kokua
Help
assistance
relief
Associate deputy helper Counselor (RSV), Comforter (KJV)
haku
Lord master overseer employer owner possessor proprietor
makua
Parent
any relative of the parents’ generation
Main stalk of a plant
Adult full-grown mature older senior
loa
Distance length height distant long tall far permanent
Very, very much
too
excessive
most
makou
buttercups
A native perennial herb
A native fern
To blush; red, as with sunburn; bloodshot.
Kukui lamps, as burned all night while court retainers told stories to the chiefs; courtiers who told such stories; venerable statesmen who had served under three kings, presumably in three generations, perhaps so called because the makou torch consisted of three strings of kukui nuts.
ia
pronoun. He, she, it.
demon
Ho’one’e
To move along To cause to move Shift Hitch along Push ahead
kou
A tree with large, ovate leaves, and orange, tubular flowers
Old name for Honolulu harbor and vicinity, famous rendezvous for kōnane checkers. Hui aku nā maka i Kou (saying), the eyes [friends] will meet at Kou.
poss. Your, yours
aupuni
Government kingdom dominion nation people under a ruler
lani
Sky
heaven
heavenly
spiritual
Very high chief majesty host royal exalted high born noble aristocratic
To treat as a chief
to render homage to a chief
to act as a chief
to enjoy the position and prestige of a high chief.
ma
At in on beside along through by means of because of in behalf of according to
This very common part. is perhaps more specific than the similar i, at, in; it is written in the dictionary as a part of the following words: ʻaneʻi, hea, hope, kai, laila, lalo, luna, muli, uka. With meaning “because” it is frequently followed by o, of. (Ma is frequently pronounced mā before primary stress: Gram. 9.4.) E noho ana ma Ulu-kou i Wai-kīkī (FS 267), living at Ulu-kou place in Wai-kīkī. Maʻaneʻi, here. Makai, at the sea, seaward. Mauka, inland, at the mountains. ʻAʻole au i hele mai ma ke ʻano ikaika, i hele mai au ma ka mākaʻikaʻi (For. 5:507), I didn’t come in an aggressive way, I came to sightsee. Ma o wai ʻoukou i pili ai? Through whom are you related? Kona make ʻana ma o Ka-welo ala, his death at the hands of Ka-welo there. Ua hele mai au ma ona ala, I came for his sake. (PCP ma.)
ka
The one who
The person in question
honua
Land
earth
world
background, as of quilt designs
basic
at the foundation
fundamental
Suddenly
abruptly and without reason
Middle section of a canoe
central section of a canoe fleet
as fishing iheihe fish
main section, as of an army
Trough of a wave
Earth
the planet
nei
To rumble as an earthquake sighing soughing as of the wind indistinct sound as of distant shouting
Seaweed
Demon
