kini

Hawaiian term for ones choice of utility during a game of marbles or milk covers.

Sifa, "Da rules: Crack-kini take all"
Leo "Roger"

41👍 18👎

flow-joes

Term for reef-walker slippers; ie the slippers tourist wear with the velcro lashings. They can be the variety of the LA gear style with the lights that flash with movement, or just black.

Gerald "I went on the reef walk and got my flow-joes wet and now they dont flash anymore!"

26👍 4👎

opala

Opala: Hawaiian word meaning trash/rubbish; ie material waste.

Bah! No throw your opala in dea! Recycle 'om!

34👍 10👎

alonka

Hawaiian Creole English (HCE) term used express a feeling of disbelief. Used in the childhood saying of "Alonka alonka lei lei peanut butter jelly, mama kiss the baby. Im telling!"

Kainoa, "Alonka(z) yu broke da tichaz printa!"
Mahina "Na-uh! Brah I neva!"

27👍 7👎

chri-ham-spam

Hawaiian Creole English (HCE) pronunciation of "three hand span" undertaken during a game of marbles to get ones kini closer to the action.

No chri-ham-spam dis taim, ai no laik get mai finga dirti

21👍 3👎

ahana

Hawaiian Creole English term adapted from Hawaiian; a way of expressing "oh my" disappointing/amazingment/shock/astonishment. Can be substituted for alah, alonka(z), aiya(z), auwe

Ahana you; all burnt stay my hulihuli chicken from the bakery.

73👍 23👎

chuchuwachu

Hawaiian Creole English term with Okinawan roots created by filipinos to describe Japanese with blonde saimin-bowl haircuts.

BJ, "Bah chuchuwachu! Shut up already!"
Brandon, "Brah I gon tell miss!"

30👍 2👎