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1. ahi, n. View full entry 1892
...A large tuna; esp. the bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus, and the yellowfin tuna, T. albacares. Also: the flesh of such a fish as food....
2. aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1820
...An utterance of ‘aloha’ (see sense B.); an expression of welcome or farewell. Also: good wishes; love, affection....
3. aloha oe, int. View full entry 1887
...= aloha...
4. boondock, n. View full entry 1944
...Rough country; jungle; an isolated or wild region. Usu. in pl. Also attrib....
5. caddy, n.1 View full entry 1792
...A small box for holding tea. Usually tea-caddy....
6. cootie, n.2 View full entry 1917
...A body louse....
7. gong, n.2 View full entry c1600
...A metallic disk with upturned rim (usually made of an alloy composed of four parts copper to one of tin) which produces resonant musical notes when suspended and struck with a soft...
8. haole, n. View full entry 1843
...One who is not a native Hawaiian; a white man. Also attrib. or as ...
9. kalua, adj. View full entry 1927
...Of meat (usually pork): baked underground in an imu (or in a manner intended to resemble this) until very tender, and typically served pulled apart into small pieces. Cf. imu...
10. kalua, v. View full entry 1880
...trans. To bake underground in an imu (imu). Cf. kalua...
11. lanai, n. View full entry 1823
...In Hawaii (and by imitation elsewhere), a porch or veranda; a roofed structure with open sides near a house. Also attrib....
12. mahimahi, n. View full entry 1905
...The dorado or dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus, esp. as an item of food....
13. makai, adv. and adj. View full entry 1873
...In a seaward direction....
14. malihini, n. View full entry 1914
...In Hawaii: a stranger, a newcomer; a beginner, a novice....
15. maomao, n.2 View full entry 1926
...A damselfish, Abudefduf abdominalis, of the Hawaiian Islands....
16. mauka, adv. and adj. View full entry 1875
...Towards the mountains; in an inland direction. Opposed to makai....
17. menehune, n. View full entry 1895
...In Hawaii: a member of a mythical race of small people supposed in ancient times to have been capable of great feats of construction, and to have built fish ponds, roads, temples,...
18. ohia, n. View full entry 1815
...In the Hawaiian Islands: either of two trees of the myrtle family, the lehua, Metrosideros polymorpha (more fully ohia lehua), and the Malay apple, Syzygium malaccense...
19. okole, n. View full entry 1938
...The buttocks, the backside. Cf. ass...
20. ono, n. View full entry 1898
...The wahoo fish, Acanthocybium solandri, esp. as an item of food....
