Hawai Military Guide - Winter-Spring 2025

Arrival 58 ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼ Aina ........Land, Earth Aloha ........Welcome, hello, goodbye, love Ewa ........Area west of NAS Barber’s Point Hale ........House Hale Koa ....House of the Warrior Haole ........Stranger, white person Hula ........Dance Kama‘aina ..Native-Hawaiian or long-time resident Kane ........Man Keiki ........Child Kokua ........Help, cooperation Lanai ........ Porch, veranda Lei ........Garland of flowers, leaves, or shells Luau ........Hawaiian feast Mahalo........Thank you Makahiki ....Ancient Hawaiian celebration with sports and religious festivities held annually Makai ........Toward the sea Makana ......Gift Makua ........Parent Mana ........Spiritual power Mauka ........Toward the mountains Malihini ......Newcomer, visitor Mele ........Song, sing Menehune ..Mythical elf like people who are rumored to have inhabited the Hawaiian islands before the Polynesians Mu’umu’u ..Long and loose fitting dress Nohea ........Handsome, loveliness Ohana ........Family Ono ........Delicious Pali ........Cliff Paniolo........Cowboy Pau ........Finished, done, over Poi ........Pounded taro root Puka ........Small hole or opening Pupu ........Snack Tutu ........Grandmother or grandfather Wiki Wiki ....Quickly Wahine........Woman HAWAIIAN FOR THE MALIHINI

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