HONILIMA

Aloha Au Ia ‘Oe – I Love You
Aloha Aku No, Aloha Mai No – I give my love to you, you give your love to me
Aloha Kaua – May there be love between us (said to one person)
Aloha Kakou – May there be love between us (said to more than one person)
Aloha No Au Ia ‘Oe – I Truly Love You
Aloha Nui Loa – All my love
Aloha Pumehana – Aloha Au Ia ‘Oe ~ I Love You
Aloha Aku No, Aloha Mai No – I give my love to you, you give your love to me
Aloha Kaua – May there be love between us (said to one person)
Aloha Kakou – May there be love between us (said to more than one person)
Aloha No Au Ia ‘Oe – I Truly Love You
Aloha Nui Loa – All my love
Aloha Pumehana – Warm love, affection

“Ua Mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono”

The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness…

on the Old Airport Walking Path

Sunday – Lapule (lay-poo-lay )
Monday – Po’akahi (poh ah-kah-hee)
Tuesday – Po’alua (poh ah-loo-ah)
Wednesday – Po’akolu (poh ah-ko-loo)
Thursday – Po’aha (poh ah-ha)
Friday – Po’alima (poh ah-lee-mah)
Saturday – Po ‘aono (poh ah-o-no)

Shoreline up on the Kohala Coast

The 5 vowels a,e,i,o and u as well as the 7 consonants h,k,l,m,n,p, and w make up the entire Hawaiian alphabet.

In the Hawaiian language a consonant is always followed by a vowel which also means all Hawaiian words end in a vowel.

Names and words are more easily pronounced when they are broken down into single syllable chunks. Take the name of Hawaii’s state fish, humuhumunukunukuapua’a, and pronounce it hu-mu-hu-mu-nu-ku-nu-ku-a-pu-a-a. Phonetically pronounced who-moo-who-moo-new-coo-new-coo-ah-poo-ah-ah.

Sometimes the letter W is pronounced the same as V as in the traditional pronunciation of Hawai’i which is phonetically pronounced huh-vi-ee rather than huh-why-ee.

Stressed vowels
a – ah, as in car: aloha
e – a, as in may: nene
i – ee, as in bee: honi
o – oh, as in so: mahalo
u – oo, as in spoon: kapu

Unstressed vowels
a – a, as in about: ali`i
e – eh, as in met: kane

Ho’i Hou Ke Aloha – Let us fall in love all over again
Hokeo – To secretly love
Ia Iho Ke Aloha – To my love
Ka Honi Mai Me Ke Aloha – And with love is a kiss
Ke Aloha – Beloved
Kipona Aloha – Deep love
Mea Aloha – Loved one
Me Ke Aloha Pumehana – With the warmth of my love

The grace of hula

In what other land save this one is the commonest form of greeting not “Good day,” nor “How d’ye do”, but “Love”? That greeting is ‘Aloha’: love, I love you, my love to you… It is a positive affirmation of the warmth of one’s own heart-giving. – Jack London

KAMAAINA
Native born, local person, meaning “child of the land” born or raised in Hawaii.

MALIHINI
A newcomer, tenderfoot or recent arrival

AKAMAI
Someone who is very smart or skilled

KOLOHE
Rascal or trouble maker

PUA’A
Pork or pig

PAU
This is a common expression you will hear to mean ended, finished, destroyed, or done.

PUA
A flower, a blossom, sometimes confused with the word Pua’a that means pork

green pathway after the rains near Mahukona

ALEHELE
Trail, pathway

HUKIHUKI
Quarrel or disagreement

ALU
To cooperate or work together

Ua ola loko i ke aloha.

Love gives life within

Ua mau ke ea o ka `aina i ka pono.

The life of the land is preserved in righteousness

Big Island lava

Ua ola no i ka pane a ke aloha.

There is life in a kindly reply