The Ohana (37 page)
Authors: CW Schutter
Hawaiian
ahui hou: Till we meet again
alii: Royalty
aloha: goodbye, hello, love, mercy, alas, kindness, regards
auwe: Oh no!
hanai: give up a child for adoption
hapai: pregnant
haole
: white people
hapa
haole
: half white
Kamaaina
: born and raised in Hawaii, or someone who has lived in Hawaii for a long time
kanaka: Hawaiian
kaukau: food
keikis: children
luna
: overseer
mahalo: Thank you
mai pake: leprosy
makei: die
ohana: family
okelehao
: homemade booze, firewater
okole: rear end
pakalolo: marijuana, literally crazy (lolo) grass (paka)
Pake: Chinese
pau: finished
pilau: dirty
pupule: crazy
pupus: appetizers
wahine: woman
Japanese
bachi: karma
bento: lunch
furo: hot tub
futons
: quilts, comforters used as beds and/or blankets
hakugene: white person
hana fuda
: Japanese cards
issei: first generation Japanese in America
kamikaze: suicide pilots. In Hawaii, a Japanese girl who committed social suicide by dating whites
kami sama: god
musubi: rice balls
nisei: second generation Japanese-Americans
oba chan: old lady
omiyaga: a gift in return for a gift given
sama: used when someone of a lower class addresses someone in the upper classes, address of respect.
san: generic form of address, substitute for Miss, Mrs., Mr.
sansei: third generation
Sayonara
: goodbye
sensei
: teacher
shimpai: arranged marriage
tanomoshi: informal bank, pooled money used for investments
zabutons
: large cushions
Korean
Abeoji: Father
Dong-seng
: Younger sister
Eomeoni: Mother
Kim chee: pickled vegetables
Halmoni: grandmother
Harabeoji
: grandfather
Jjimjilbang
: hot tub
Nam-Pyeon
: husband
Oppa
: Older brother
Yobo: Korean, Honey
Chinese
Joss: luck
Pidgin English terms
brah, bruddah: brother
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