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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, n. and int. View full entry 1831
...Used to express good wishes when greeting or parting from someone: hello, welcome; goodbye, farewell. Cf. aloha oe...
4. aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1889
...With the sense ‘of or relating to welcoming or bidding farewell’....
5. aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1936
...With the sense ‘of or relating to Hawaii or Hawaiians’....
6. aloha shirt in aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1936
...= Hawaiian shirtHawaiian....
7. aloha spirit in aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1915
...a warm and welcoming disposition, as considered characteristic of the people of Hawaii....
8. Aloha State in aloha, n. and int. View full entry 1959
...(a nickname for) the state of Hawaii....
9. aloha oe, int. View full entry 1887
...= aloha...
10. already, adj. and adv. View full entry 1926
...colloq. and regional (chiefly Caribbean and Hawaiian). In interrogative or conditional constructions: by this (or that) time; yet (yet3b). Also used for...
11. big kahuna, n. View full entry 1886
...In Hawaii: a prominent priest, sage, or healer. Cf. kahunaa. rare....
12. haole, n. View full entry 1843
...One who is not a native Hawaiian; a white man. Also attrib. or as ...
13. 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...
14. kalua pig in kalua, adj. View full entry 1940
...a whole pig which has been baked underground in an imu (or in a manner intended to resemble this) until very tender, traditionally served at a luau; the meat of a pig...
15. kalua, v. View full entry 1880
...trans. To bake underground in an imu (imu). Cf. kalua...
16. 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....
17. mahimahi, n. View full entry 1905
...The dorado or dolphinfish, Coryphaena hippurus, esp. as an item of food....
18. makai, adv. and adj. View full entry 1873
...In a seaward direction....
19. makai, adv. and adj. View full entry 1883
...Seaward....
20. malihini, n. View full entry 1914
...In Hawaii: a stranger, a newcomer; a beginner, a novice....
