rubbah slippahs (RUB-bah-SLIP-pahz)
sometimes: rubber slippers, slippahs, rubbahs
Noun Flip flops; the standard, everyday casual footwear in Hawaii, typically made of rubber or foam.
"Wea my rubbah slippahs?"
stoked (STOHKT)
sometimes: stokt, stoke
Slang Highly excited, enthusiastic, or thrilled about something.
"I stay stoked fo da concert!"
malama my boto (mah-LAH-mah my BOH-toh)
sometimes: mālama my boto, malama my botos
Vulgar Take care of my penis; a satirical insult mocking someone's behavior by applying a sacred Hawaiian concept (mālama) to male genitalia.
"Why you gotta ack like dat? Malama my boto braddah!"
try look (try-LOOK)
sometimes: chry look
Verb Please look; check this out; direct your attention here.
"Try look dis one!"
hawaiian (HAH-why-yan)
sometimes: Hawai'ian, Hawaiʻian
Noun A person of Native Hawaiian descent; the indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands.
"Eh, you know Kahanu guys, they Hawaiian, so they always get the best spots for throw net."
taro tops (TAH-roh-tops)
sometimes: luau leaves, lūʻau leaves, huli, kalo tops
Noun The leafy green tops of the taro plant (lūʻau leaves), used in local cooking for dishes like laulau and squid lūʻau; also refers to the huli, the top part of the corm used for replanting.
"Eh, you went wash da taro tops good before you put 'em in da pot?"