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how do you spell howley-
uh, no, the word's "haole", and that just means "white", and that's not hawaiian, that's pidgin.
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Mauifran answers below:
The answer above is incorrect!
Actually the true meaning of haole is "without breath" as our kupuna (ancestors) would rub their noses to share the breath that is life when greeting each other and the white men who came would not do this hence the description of them.
The new Hawaiian dictionaries now say white or for any foreigner but these are revisions that were made in later years that mark the sign of the changing times and is not the true meaning in our language. So it is not pidgin English but is a true word of our language.
Now if you want to talk slang then the word kama'aina is a prime example of a misused word for it means "born of the land" or a person that is native born and not a person that has lived in the islands for a number of years! That is what I like to call a Hawaii Visitors Bureau term that has been perpetuated a long time.
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∙ 11y agoAloha au ia'oe meaning I love you
Nau ko'u aloha meaning You are my love
Malu lani meaning Heavenly Peace
Me ke aloha meaning With My love
Brah meaning a term of endearment.
Keiki meaning child
Shaka meaning I see you, Hi, We are cool!
Wiki wiki meaning Hurry Up, Quickly
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Phrases in hawaiian?
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It is important to note that beauty is subjective, and what may be considered ugly to one person may be beautiful to another. In the Hawaiian language, a word like "popilikia" may be associated with negative situations or difficulties. However, it is not accurate to label any aspect of a language as inherently ugly.
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Phrases that do not use descriptive language do not use active verbs and that do not contain imagery that evokes the senses.
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Yes, yes it is considered a language
