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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. already, adj. and adv. View full entry c1275
...As predicate or complement. Fully prepared or ready. Obs....
5. big kahuna, n. View full entry 1886
...In Hawaii: a prominent priest, sage, or healer. Cf. kahunaa. rare....
6. haole, n. View full entry 1843
...One who is not a native Hawaiian; a white man. Also attrib. or as ...
7. 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...
8. kalua, v. View full entry 1880
...trans. To bake underground in an imu (imu). Cf. kalua...
9. 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....
10. mahimahi, n. View full entry 1905
...The dorado or dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus, esp. as an item of food....
11. makai, adv. and adj. View full entry 1873
...In a seaward direction....
12. malihini, n. View full entry 1914
...In Hawaii: a stranger, a newcomer; a beginner, a novice....
13. mauka, adv. and adj. View full entry 1875
...Towards the mountains; in an inland direction. Opposed to makai....
14. 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,...
15. 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...
16. okole, n. View full entry 1938
...The buttocks, the backside. Cf. ass...
17. one, adj., n., and pron. View full entry eOE
...Designating a person who or thing which consists of a single individual or unit, without the addition of another of the same kind; single and integral in number....
18. ono, n. View full entry 1898
...The wahoo fish, Acanthocybium solandri, esp. as an item of food....
19. opihi, n. View full entry 1875
...In Hawaii: any of several limpets, esp. Cellana exarata, used as food. Also (more fully opihi shell): the shallow shell of this....
20. pakalolo, n. View full entry 1977
...A potent variety of marijuana grown in Hawaii; (also) marijuana of any kind....
