A number of Hawaiian words have made their way into the English language. Within Hawai'i, an English-speaking state in the United States, the number of Hawaiian words used in everyday conversation is quite large, so the listing here is presumably limited to those words that are known or used by persons otherwise not especially familiar with Hawaiian English. The list could as well include many place names, such as Hawaii and Waikiki, which are "Hawaiian words" known and used by English language speakers who have never lived in Hawai'i. Some Hawaiian names used for children, especially girls, are presently popular in the U.S., although most Americans would not know the meaning of the words. Hawaiian is the ancestral language of the indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiians, a Polynesian people. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle Official languages Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd)  - Land 16,649 km²  - Water 11,672 km² (41. ... Hawaiian English is the standard of the English language as used in the State of Hawaii, and is — along with the Hawaiian language — an official language of the state. ...

See also

• The category of words with Hawaiian derivations at Wiktionary, Wikipedia's sibling project

aa

a kind of rough-surface volcanic rock

akamai

A hawaiian word meaning "intelligent" or "clever"

aloha

Hawaiian word for "hello", "goodbye", and "love"; outside of Hawai'i, only the "hello" (or "goodbye") meaning is common

haole

Hawaiian for "foreign" or "foreigner"

hula

the ancient Hawaiian form of dance; also see hula hoop

kahuna

Hawaiian priest, wizard, shaman; used in the slang phrase "big kahuna"

pahoehoe

a kind of smooth-surface volcanic rock

lei

a garland of flowers and/or leaves to be worn

luau

a Hawaiian feast

ohana

Hawaiian word for "family"

poi

Hawaiian food made from mashing corms of the taro plant

ukulele

a musical intrument; in Hawaiian the word means "jumping flea"

wiki

Hawaiian for "fast"; used in "Wikipedia"

See also: Lists of English words of international origin. Wiktionary is a sister project to Wikipedia intended to be a free wiki dictionary (thesaurus, lexicon therein) in every language. ... Lava is molten rock that a volcano expels during an eruption. ... Akamai Technologies, Inc. ... For other uses of the word aloha or places named Aloha, see the disambiguation page. ... Haole, in the Hawaiian language, means foreign or foreigner; it can be used in reference to people, plants, and animals. ... Hula is universally known as primarily a Hawaiian dance. ... The hula hoop is a toy hoop that promotes physical activity. ... Originally, Kahuna was the Hawaiian title for a shaman, and the term is still used in that context by some native Hawaiians. ... The shaman is an intellectual and spiritual figure who is regarded as possessing power and influence on other peoples in the tribe and performs several functions, primarily that of a healer ( medicine man). The shaman provides medical care, and serves other community needs during crisis times, via supernatural means (means... Lava is molten rock that a volcano expels during an eruption. ... Lei is a Hawaiian word for a garland or wreath. ... A luau (Hawaiian luau) is a traditional Hawaiian feast that normally features foods such as poi, kalua pig (pork prepared in an imu, or earth oven), poke, and lomi salmon, among others. ... Part of Hawaiian culture, ohana means family in an extended sense of the term. ... Poi is a Hawaiian word for the primary Polynesian food staple made from the stem (called a corm, a type of rhizome) of the kalo plant (known widely as taro). ... This Taro is the Tahitian word. ... Ukulele The ukulele (pronounced , or the Anglicised ), or uke, is a fretted string instrument which is, in its construction, essentially a smaller, four-stringed version of the guitar. ... A wiki (pronounced , or ; see Pronunciation below) is a web application that allows users to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows anyone to edit the content. ... Wikipedia is a Web-based, free-content encyclopedia written collaboratively by volunteers and sponsored by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. ... These are lists of words in the English language which are known as loanwords or borrowings, which are derived from other languages: List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin List of English words of African origin List of English words of Afrikaans origin List of English words of Arabic...