- Aia i ka opua ke ola - Life is in the clouds. The reader of omens knows by the color and shape of clouds.
- Ali’i - Chief, chiefess, officer, ruler.
- Anihinihi i ke ola - Life is in a precarious position; hangs by a thread.
- Ano lani i ‘ano honua - A heavenly nature; and earthly nature. ‘Aumakua make themselves visible to loved ones by assuming earthly forms, but retain their nature of a god.
- A‘ohe hana i nele i ka uku - No deed lacks reward; good or bad.
- A‘ohe mea e manalo ai - Nothing can sweeten it; nothing can change a bad situation into a good one.
- Aumakua - Family or personal gods, deified ancestors who might assume the shape of specific animals, plants or clouds; communicating with mortals in dreams, visions and calls.
- Boto - Slang for penis.
- Da kine - The kind, any kind, you know what kind, what-cha-ma-call-it, designate an implied meaning.
- E hana make ia ia - Kill him.
- Ehu - Reddish tinge in hair.
- E lei no au i ko aloha - I will wear your love as a wreath.
- E ulu, e ulu kini o ke akua, ulu o Kane me Kanaloa - Inspire; spirits enter and inspire; the gods Kane and Kanaloa; possessed by a god for creation.
- Hapai - Pregnant; to conceive.
- Ho‘akua noho‘i kana hana - His deeds are marvelous.
- Ho‘ipi‘ipi‘i kai - Causing the sea to rise. Stirs up wrath.
- Ho’oponopono - Mental cleansing: family conferences in which relationships were set right through prayer, discussion, confession and forgiveness.
- Hula - Any traditional Hawaiian dance where movements can portray meaning.
- Imu - Underground oven.
- Ka huaka’i o ka po - The marchers of the night. Night Marchers - ghosts of ancient Hawaiian warriors.
- Ka Leo O Haukani - The voice in the wind.
- Ka leo o ke ola - The voice of life. Advice.
- Ka lima luaahi o ke koa - Fearful arm of the warrior.
- Ka lua kupapa‘u o na ali‘i - The burial place of chiefs. Bones are hidden in secret caves.
- Kama’aina - Native born, acquainted, familiar, land child.
- Kamohoali’i - The King Shark of Hawai’i and Mau’i.
- Kanaloa - Ancient god of the sea.
- Kane - Ancient god of light and life.
- Kapapa ulua - To drive ulua fish into nets. To obtain a human victim or sacrifice him.
- Ka po nui ho‘olakolako, kea o nui ho‘o hema hema - The great night that provides, the great day that neglects. God supplies, but man does not always accept with appreciation. Guidance is given in dreams, man often misunderstands or neglects.
- Kapu - Taboo; prohibition; forbidden; no trespassing.
- Kau kau - Food
- Kaulike - Justice, equal; to balance evenly.
- Ki‘o ahi - Fiery pit, place of torment, hell.
- Ku - Ancient god of war.
- Ku’i pehi - To pummel, pound, abuse horribly.
- Kupua - Demigod or culture hero, especially a supernatural being possessing several forms.
- La‘i Hauola i ke kai ma ‘oki ‘oki - Peaceful Hauola by the choppy sea. Peace and tranquility in the face of disturbance.
- Lono - Ancient god of fertility and peace.
- Mai Kinohi a Ho‘ike‘ana - From Genesis to Revelations. From beginning to end.
- Maka ‘ike - To see clearly and with keen powers of observation; especially of supernatural things; to have the gift of second sight.
- Makani Ku Honua - Wind arriving suddenly; gust.
- Mana - Supernatural, miraculous or divine power.
- Mao ‘ole ke kai o Mokupaoa - Endlessly rough is the sea of Mokupaoa; island of misfortune. - May I live by God; God is witness that one is not guilty of misdeed as accused.
- Moa kani ao - A chicken that cackles in the daytime. A woman who talks all day.
- O na hoku no na kiu o ka lani - The stars are the spies of heaven.
- Pakalolo - Crazy smoke. -Marijuana, Cannabis sativa; numbing tobacco.
- Pau - Finished.
- Pau hana - Finished work.
- Pepehi a ‘oki ‘oki mano - To butcher sharks.
- Pidgin - Local Hawaiian dialect.
- Punihai - To run off in fear.
- Uhane - Soul, spirit, ghost.
- Vog - Volcanic ash brought north from the Big Island’s Kilauea volcano by southerly Kona winds creating a hazy fog.
- Waiho wale kahiko - Ancients exposed. Old secrets revealed.
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