Thank you for celebrating with us: Mahalo nui loa na ho'olaule'a me la kaua I am coming/I will come: E hele mai ana auĬome celebrate Taylor's first birthday: Hele me hoohiwahiwa Taylor’s mua loa la hanauĬome celebrate Joe’s 30th birthday: Hele me hoohiwahiwa Joe’s 30th la hanauĬome celebrate the wedding of Bob & Sue : Hele mei hoohiwahiwa Bob a me Sue’s la male’anaĬome celebrate our wedding day: Hele mei hoohiwahiwa ko maua la male 'anaĬome celebrate Jack & Jill's 25th Anniversary: Hele me hoohiwahiwa Jack & Jill's 25th la ho'omana'oĬome celebrate George's retirement: Hele me hoohiwahiwa George's ho'omaha loaĬome celebrate Sharilyn's promotion: Hele me hoohiwahiwa Sharilyn's ho'opi'iĬome to Tiffany's baby shower luau: Hale mai Tiffany's pepe kuaua luau September - Kepakemapa (key-pa-key-ma-pa) If the word is translated on this page it will bring you to it.įebruary - Pepeluali (pay-pay loo-ahlee ) Type in the English word you would like a translation for and click the find next button. Tip: A trick if you are looking for a specific word translation is to depress the control key and the letter 'f' key at the same time. Keep in mind we can not list every word translation.

Note: These Hawaiian vocabulary words have not been written with the use of the correct kahakô markings due to the absence of a Hawaiian Font.īelow is a sample of popular Hawaiian phrases and words. A apostrophe like symbol called an `okina indicates a quick pause in the word, as in 'ah-ah' for the word a`a. In the Hawaiian language a symbol directly over a vowel called a kahakô indicates that the vowel sound is to be elongated. 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. Phonetically pronounced who-moo-who-moo-new-coo-new-coo-ah-poo-ah-ah. 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. Names and words are more easily pronounced when they are broken down into single syllable chunks.

In the Hawaiian language a consonant is always followed by a vowel which also means all Hawaiian words end in a vowel. 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. Home › Lifestyle › Learn the Language of Hawaii

Hawaiian okina symbol