Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Wednesday Words - Hawaii Pidgin

akamai (ah-kah-MY). Smart, intelligent. Actual Hawaiian word as well. Dat Jimmy Boy plenny akamai. He wen mek one computah.
anyJust coasteeng, bruddah! kine (enee kyne) . Anything. No listen to dat tita, she sayany kine, brah.
an den (en den). What's up or expression of boredom. An den? Coasteeng, brah, how you?

brah. Brother. Eh, brah, get one nuddah beer?
brok da mout. Broke the mouth. Absolutely delicious. Ho, Tutu's malasadas so ono, brok da mout.
bruddah, braddah. See brah.

da kine. The kind. The ultimate pidgin phrase. Can mean virtually anything. 1)Eh, you get any da kine? 2)Ho, brah, dat's da kine. 3) She wen da kine foa get da kine foa da kine.
da cute. Oh how precious! Did you see Pua's new keiki? Da cute!
foa. For, used in place of "to". Easy foa say, hahd foa do.
geev 'um. Give them. Go for it. Ho, look at Waltuh Boy on dat beeg wave. Eh,geWot? You one lobstah?ev 'um, brah!
grind. To eat. So what you like grind? We no moa da kine. No worries, brah, I grind any kine.
hana hou. Once more, again. Chee, LaVerne, do dat hana hou!
haole (HOW-lay). Person of Anglo persuasion. Another actual Hawaiian word.Can be 
lolo. The antithesis of akamai. Not smart. Dat Junior, he so lolo he wen call Dwayne one mahu an he wen crack him. Now Junior stay all bus up.

moke (rhymes with coke). A very big, very local Hawaiian. See Dwayne in definition of lolo.


ono (OH-no). Actual Hawaiian word, meaning delicious. In pidgin can also mean several other things. Ho, Junior, look at dat Charlene. She so ono, yeah?
pau (pow). Actual Hawaiian word, used constantly, meaning finished or done.Chee, I thought you pau already!
pau hana (pow HAH-nah). Another actual Hawaiian phrase. Means after work. Also after work drink. Junior wen bus up his truck. Get too many pau hana.Local style
slippah (SLEE-pah). Thong, slipper. Chee, I wen bus my new slippah in dat puka.

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