ānuenue (AH-noo-eh-NOO-eh)
sometimes: anuenue
Noun A rainbow.
"Look outside, get one big ānuenue right over the valley."
i mua (ee-MOO-ah)
sometimes: imua
Verb To go forward, move ahead, or advance.
"I mua! We goin' win dis game!"
nuff (NUFF)
sometimes: enuff, 'nuff
Slang Enough; sufficient; finished or done.
"I'm full, I wen eat nuff already."
ʻOhana (oh-HAH-nah)
sometimes: 'ohana, ohana
Noun Family, relative, or kin group, including blood relatives, adoptive members, and close friends; (Noun) In real estate, a permitted second dwelling unit built on a single property.
"ʻOhana means nobody get left behind o fogotten."
native haole (NAY-tiv HOW-lee)
sometimes: local haole, kamaʻaina haole, kamaaina haole
Noun A Caucasian person who was born and raised in Hawaii, fully assimilated into local culture and fluent in Hawaiian Pidgin.
"He can, he stay one native haole."
hawaiian time (hah-WHY-an-TIME)
sometimes: Hawaiian-time
Slang Running late; operating on a delayed schedule where arriving later than the expected or requested time is the norm.
"He stay on Hawaiian time"