lama

From Proto-Polynesian *rama, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaR (compare Maori rama (“torch”), Malay damar (“resin, torch”)).


au

From Proto-Polynesian *qau, from Proto-Oceanic *qaʀus (compare with Fijian yau), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀus (“current, flow” – compare with Malay arus, Tagalog ágos).


ua

Ua ʻai ka pōpoki i ka ʻiole.

1840, October 8th, 1840 Constitution of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Ua hana mai ke Akua i nā lāhui kānaka a pau i ke koko hoʻokahi, e noho like lākou ma ka honua nei me ke kuʻikahi, a me ka pōmaikaʻi. Ua hāʻawi mai nō ke Akua i kekahi mau waiwai like, no nā kānaka a pau, me nā aliʻi a pau o nā ʻāina a pau loa.

God hath made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell on the face of the earth in unity and blessedness. God has also bestowed certain rights alike on all men, and all chiefs and all people of all lands.

used before a verb to denote completed action


ua

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian, from Proto-Polynesian *quha (compare with Maori ua, Tahitian ua, Samoan ua, Tongan ʻuha), from Proto-Oceanic *qusan (compare with Fijian uca), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quzan (compare with Malay hujan, Tagalog ulan), from Proto-Austronesian *quzaN.


Hilo

(Hawaiian mythology) a Polynesian navigator


kea

From Proto-Polynesian *tea. Compare Maori tea.


wai

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (compare with Malay air).


Kuna

(Hawaiian mythology) an ancient eel-like dragon


Lea

(Hawaiian mythology) a goddess of canoe builders

a female given name from Hawaiian or originating from the Bible, of biblical and mythological origin


ahi

From Proto-Polynesian *afi, from Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy (compare with Malay api), from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.


hui

From Proto-Oceanic *pui₁ (“fruit bunch”) (compare with Maori hui (“flock, herd, congregation”) and Tahitian hui (“group”) plus Maori huihui (“group, assembly”) and Tahitian huihui (“collection”)). Doublet of huihui.


poni

From Proto-Oceanic *boŋi (doublet of pō), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi (compare with Javanese wengi), from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀŋi.


awa

From Proto-Polynesian *awa (“channel, opening in a reef” – compare with Maori awa, Tahitian ava, Tongan ava and Samoan ava) from Proto-Oceanic *sawaŋ from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sawaŋ (compare with Malay sawang “expanse”, Iban sawang “gap”, Tagalog sáwang “depth”).


honua

From Proto-Polynesian *fenua, from Proto-Central Pacific *vanua, from Proto-Oceanic *panua, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *banua. Doublet of henua.


puna

From Proto-Polynesian *puŋa (“coral rock”) (compare with Maori punga (“coral, anchor”) and pungapunga (“pumice”), Tahitian puʻa (“coral, lime”), Tongan punga, Samoan puga) from Proto-Oceanic *buŋa (“white, porous coral or growth”) (compare with Fijian vuga), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa ni batu (“coral sponge, lit. 'stone bloom'”) from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower”) (compare with Malay bunga (“flower”) and bunga karang (“sponge”), Tagalog bunga (“fruit”)). Doublet of pua.


helo

Derived from Proto-Polynesian *felo (“yellow, tawny”) (compare with Maori whero, Tongan felo and felofelo) Doublet of weo.


Haumea

(rare) a female given name from Hawaiian


ʻohu

From Proto-Polynesian *kofu, from Proto-Central-Pacific *kovu, from Proto-Oceanic *kopu (“low cloud; mist, fog”).


Maile

(Hawaiian mythology) any of the four Maile sisters (plant forms), minor goddesses of hula


ʻukulele

→ English: ukulele

→ Maori: kuturere (calque)

Compound of ʻuku (“flea”) + lele (“jump, jumping”), literally “jumping flea”, possibly in reference to the motion of the player's fingers.
There is one theory tracing this to the nickname of Edward Purvis, a resident of Hawaii and noted ukulele player in the 1880s. However, this is probably only a folk etymology (see the end of the Edward William Purvis#Career in Hawaii section).

compound

(music) a small four-stringed guitar: a ukulele


Pua

From pua (“flower; child”); also a short form of compound names with the element pua.

(Hawaiian mythology) a sorcery goddess of Molokai


Kāne

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the four major gods; the god of creation


Kū

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the four major gods; the god of war


Lono

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the four major gods; the god of agriculture, nature and fertility


Kanaloa

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the four major gods; god of kawa and the sea


Pele

Translingual: Pelea, Pele


Hina

(Hawaiian mythology) any of a number of goddesses and legendary women, including a moon goddess


Hiʻiaka

→ English: Hiʻiaka

hiʻi (“hold, carry”) + aka (“essence, embryo”)

af

(Hawaiian mythology) any of the twelve sisters of the volcano goddess Pele, especially the youngest and favorite one


Kahaʻi

(Hawaiian mythology) a navigator who sailed between Tahiti, Samoa and Hawaii


Laka

(Hawaiian mythology) a goddess of the hula

(Hawaiian mythology) a god of canoe makers, and a legendary hero


Kawelo

(Hawaiian mythology) a hero of Kauai who defeated a chief who had mistreated Kawelo's parents


Keawe

ke (“the”) + awe (“strand, twisted string”), symbolic of lineage; shortened from epithets and compound given names beginning with Keawe-.

(Hawaiian mythology) any of a number of ancient chiefs of the island of Hawaii


Keʻalohilani

ke (“the”) + ʻalohi (“shine”) + lani (“sky”), literally “the heavenly brightness”.

(Hawaiian mythology) a mythical heavenly land

a female or male given name from Hawaiian


ʻAlohilani

From ʻalohi (“shine”) + lani (“sky”), literally “heavenly brightness”.


Kahalaomāpuana

ka (“the”) + hala (“pandanus”) + o (“of”) + māpuana (“wafted fragrance”)

(Hawaiian mythology) a minor goddess, the fifth Maile sister


Piʻilani

piʻi (“to ascend”) + lani (“sky”), literally “ascent to heaven”.

(Hawaiian mythology) an ancient chief of Maui


Piʻikea

piʻi (“to ascend”) + ke (“the”) + ea (“life”), literally “the life ascends”.

(Hawaiian mythology) an ancient chiefess of Maui


Pauahi

From pau (“end”) + ahi (“fire”). Made famous by the last heir of Kamehameha, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, named after an aunt who had been saved from a fire as a child.

a female or (sometimes) male given name from Hawaiian


Keola

ke (“the”) + ola (“life; healthy one”). Also a short form of compound given names beginning thus.


Kamalei

kama (“child”) + lei (“a lei”) = "a child like a lei, a beloved child carried on the shoulders".

a female or male given name from Hawaiian, of modern usage


ipu

From Proto-Oceanic *ibu (“coconut shell cup”), from Proto-Austronesian *ibu (“container for liquids”).

inh

Lagenaria siceraria
Lagenaria siceraria#Translingual


Luʻukia

(Hawaiian mythology) a legendary chiefess, sister of Kāwelu, daughter or wife of ʻOlopana


Kāwelu

(Hawaiian mythology) a woman who committed suicide and was brought back from the underworld by her husband


Nāmaka

nā (“the”, plural) + maka (“eyes”), shortened from Nāmaka-o-Kahaʻi (“the eyes of Kahaʻi”).

(Hawaiian mythology) a goddess, an antagonist of Pele


Poliʻahu

poli (“bosom”) + ʻahu (“garment”), literally “clothed bosom”, as the snow cloak of Mauna Kea.

af

(Hawaiian mythology) a snow goddess of Mauna Kea


Kūaliʻi

Kū, the war god + aliʻi (“chief”) = "royal Kū".


Kaʻena

ka (“the”) + ʻena (“heat”). Also a short form of compound names beginning thus.

(Hawaiian mythology) a name ascribed to a brother of Pele


Kauhi

(Hawaiian mythology) a demigod chained to a cliff by the goddess Pele


Kila

kila (“high, strong”). Also the spoken form of biblical Sila (“Silas”).

(Hawaiian mythology) one of the migrants who sailed from Tahiti to Hawaii; son of Moʻikeha


Māui

(Hawaiian mythology) a trickster god who pushed up the sky and fished up the Hawaiian islands


Kamapuaʻa

Compound of kama (“man”) + puaʻa (“pig”), literally “pig man”

com+

(Hawaiian mythology) a lecherous demigod with pig and human form


kope

From English coffee, from Dutch koffie (“coffee”), from Italian caffè (“coffee”), from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve, “coffee”), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa, “coffee, a brew”).


kī

Cordyline fruticosa
Cordyline fruticosa#Translingual


hikina

Compound of hiki (“to come, to arrive, to reach a place”) + -na (nominalizing suffix; compare English -ing).

affix

nominalizing suffix; compare English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-ing</i>

east (possibly in reference to the arrival of the sun at the start of a new day)


komohana

Compound of komo (“to enter”) + -hana (nominalizing suffix; compare English -ing).


ʻeleʻele

[ˌʔɛ.lɛˈʔɛ.lɛ]


pahu

From Proto-Polynesian *pasu₁ (“drum”). Cognate with Tahitian pahu and Maori pahū.


ʻalalā

→ English: alala


kanaluna

Borrowed from Cantonese 燈籠／灯笼 (dang1 lung4, “lantern”).


ʻōkolehao

English: okolehao


māhū

a person of the third gender, having traditional spiritual and social roles in the cultures of Hawaii and Tahiti


Keaopō

(astronomy) Alphecca (Alpha Coronae Borealis), a star in the constellation Corona Borealis


Nāhiku

Compound of nā + hiku. Literally, “the seven”.


hōkū ʻaeʻa

[ˈhoː.kuː ˈʔɐe̯.ʔə]


Kaʻāwela

→ Translingual: Kaʻepaokaʻāwela

* Composed of ka 'the', ʻā 'fiery', wela 'hot'.

A bright planet, originally probably Jupiter or Venus, in the modern language taken to be Jupiter.


Hoʻoleilana

Blend of hoʻolei + lana. From English Ho'oleilana, from Hawaiian hoʻoleilei ka lana (sent sounds of awakening), from the Hawaiian Kumulipo creation chant: Ho'oleilei ka lana a ka Po uliuli. Literally, “From deep darkness came murmurs of awakening”

lit

(astronomy, cosmology) Ho'oleilana: A baryon acoustic oscillation, a cosmic structure in Local Universe


ʻAʻā

(astronomy) the primary, visible star of the Sirius binary system; Sirius A


ʻanuʻu

(music) interval between two notes on a musical staff


ʻanuʻu

(music) to go up an interval on a musical staff