Hawaiian Language |
Arleone Dibben-Young.
Pidgeon English is spoken throughout Hawaii,
this is a direct result of the Chinese, Portuguese, Hawaiian and English languages spoken
in the islands.
Pidgeon is spoken with a very distinct lilt or cadence, it takes a little getting used to.
[ Plants and food | Relations | Colors | Nature | Times and Seasons | All in a name ]
| Bananas | Maia |
| Breadfruit | Ulu |
| Coconut | Niu |
| Crabs | Papai |
| Eels | Puhi |
| Flower | Pua |
| Fruit | Hua |
| Leaf | Lau |
| Leaves | Na lau |
| Lobsters | Ula |
| Seaweed | Limu |
| Shrimps | Opae |
| Squid | Hee |
| Sugar | Ko |
| Sugar-cane | Ko-Aki |
| Taro | Kalo |
| Tree | Kumulaau |
[ Plants and food | Relations | Colors | Nature | Times and Seasons | All in a name ]
| Ancestor | Kapuna Kahiko |
| Children | Kamalii |
| Daughter or girl | Keikamahine / Keiki |
| Descendants | Mamo |
| Family | Ohana |
| Father or uncle | Makuakane |
| Friend | Hoaloha |
| Grandchild | Moopuna |
| Grandparent | Kapuna |
| Husband or Male | Kane |
| Man | Kanaka |
| Mother or Aunt | Makuahine |
| Son or boy | Keiki Kane |
| Woman | Wahine |
[ Plants and food | Relations | Colors | Nature | Times and Seasons | All in a name ]
| Black | Elele |
| Blue | Po-lu |
| Brown | Hauliui |
| Green | Omaomao |
| Grey | Ahinahina |
| Purple | Poni |
| Red | Ulaula |
| Spotted | Kaliko |
| Striped | Onionio |
| White | Keokeo |
| Yellow | Melemele |
[ Plants and food | Relations | Colors | Nature | Times and Seasons | All in a name ]
| A spring | He Mapuna |
| Bird | Manu |
| Fire | Ahi |
| House | Hale |
| Hawaiian Goose | Nene |
| Lake or pond | Loko |
| Ocean | Moana |
| Pool | Kiaowai |
| Rain | Ua |
| Rainbow | Anuenue |
| River | Muliwai |
| Sea or salt water | Kai |
| Spring water | Wai Mapuna |
| Sun | La |
| Water | Wai |
| Waterfall | Wailele |
[ Plants and food | Relations | Colors | Nature | Times and Seasons | All in a name ]
| Afternoon | Auwina la |
| Dark | Poeleele |
| Evening | Ahiahi |
| Light | Malamalama |
| Morning | Kakahiaka |
| Night | Po |
| Noon | Awakea |
| Year | Makahiki |
[ Plants and food | Relations | Colors | Nature | Times and Seasons | All in a name ]
Haleakala: (house of the sun).
House: Hale
Sun: La
Of: A
The: Ka
Tuna:
Is called Ahi (fire) because as the Hawaiians fished for this fighting fish with
hand lines the tuna would run so fast the lines would burn their hands and the sides of
their canoes.
Lahaina:
Merciless sun
[ Plants and food | Relations | Colors | Nature | Times and Seasons | All in a name ]