Ka Papa Hua 'Ōlelo

Ka ʻOhana Kekupa

Ngā Tohutohu

 

Ka Papa Hua ʻŌlelo:

 

Nā Pani Inoa

au

I

ʻoe

you

ia

he, she, it (appears with an ʻo in the Kumu Haʻi)

kāua

we (2, inclusive), e.g., you and I

kākou

we (3+, inclusive), e.g., you, he and I; you (2) and I

 

Nā Pili Mua

ka

the (singular)

ke

the (singular) for words beginning in a, e, o, and k

the (plural)

kēia

this 

koʻu

my

kou

your

kona

his, hers

 

Nā Haʻina Pili

ke aloha

love, respect, compassion, respect

ka hānau

birth, to give birth

ke kapakapa

to use a nickname; nickname

 

Nā Haʻi Inoa Laulā

ke ēwe

sprout, rootlet, lineage

ka inoa

name

ke kanaka

person, man

ke kaikamahine

female child, girl, daughter

ke kāne

male, man

ke keiki

child

ke keiki kāne

male child, boy, son

ke kula kiʻekiʻe

high school

ke kumu

teacher, source

ke kupuna

ancestor, elder, grandparent

ke kupunahine

ke kupuna wahine

ka tūtūhine

ka tūtū wahine

ke kūkūhine

ke kūkū wahine

grandmother, female ancestor

ke kupuna kāne

ka tūtū kāne

ke kūkū kāne

grandfather, male ancestor

ka makua

adult, parent

ka makuahine

ka makua wahine

mother, adult female

ka makua kāne

father, adult male

ka mokupuni

island

ka moʻokūʻauhau

genealogy, lineage

ka moʻolelo

story, history, tale

ka nīnau

question, to ask a question

ka pane

to answer, reply, response

ka wahine

female, woman

ka ʻāina

land

ka ʻohana

family

 

Nā ʻŌlelo Hoʻōho

hea?

where?

No hea?

from where? (belonging to where?)

 

Nā Hune Hoʻoia

indeed

hoʻi

also, too

nō hoʻi

indeed also, too

 

Nā Hoʻopili

a

and (between sentences and Manaʻo Haʻi)

a me

and (between things)

akā

but, however

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