chow fun (chow-FUN)
sometimes: chowfun
Noun Wide, flat rice noodles, or the popular local stir-fried dish made with them, typically featuring pork, bean sprouts, and green onions.
"Let's get chow fun from da Chinese place"
if can, can, if no can, no can. (if-CAN-can-if-no-CAN-no-can)
sometimes: if can can if no can no can
Idiom If it is possible, we will do it; if it is not possible, we won't. A phrase expressing a laid-back acceptance of circumstances and limitations.
"You goin help Kimo move or you get work? If can, can, if no can, no can."
so ono, broke da mouth (soh OH-noh, brohk dah MOWT)
sometimes: so ʻono broke da mouth, broke da mout, broke da mouth, so ono broke da mout
Idiom Extremely delicious; food that is so incredibly good and flavorful that it metaphorically breaks your mouth.
"Dis poke so ono, broke da mouth!"
imua (ee-MOO-ah)
sometimes: i mua
Idiom Forward, ahead, or onward; often used as a rallying cry to keep moving or pushing through adversity.
"We going imua"
neva (NEH-vah)
sometimes: nevah, never
Adverb Never; at no time.
"I neva do dat!"
nēnē (NAY-nay)
sometimes: nene
Noun The native Hawaiian goose, which is also the official state bird of Hawaiʻi.
"We wen' see one nēnē family walkin' across da golf course."