Our common Mynah serves as the perfect illustration for this vocabulary page!
A fun pet amongst locals, mynah birds are intelligent singers, speakers, dancers and can mimic sounds! Lori has had three common mynah birds as pets over the years. She enjoyed playing with her interactive, intelligent mynahs and teaching them to talk!
One of her pet birds regularly introduced himself, “Aloha, I’m Boomer”.
Check out the “About Our Feathered Friends” page in “Aloha In Every Feather”
for interesting facts about all seven of our bird characters.
Hawaiian Vocabulary and Local-Style Phrases Used in book,
Listed in order of appearance:
He Aliʻi Ka Manu: (hay ah-lee-ee kah mah-noo) A bird is chief.
Maui: (Mau-ee) island in Maui County, Hawaiʻi
Makoa: (mah-koh-ah) brave, courageous
Haleakalā: (Huh-lay-uh-kuh-luh) House of the sun
Hūi! : (Hoo-ee!) Hey you! Hey there!
Kōlea: (Koh-lay-ah) Golden Plover
Aloha Mai: (Ah-loh-hah my-ee) welcome with love
Auē: (ah-oo-weh) Used to express wonder, fear or surprise
Nohea: (No-HEY-ah) handsome
Nēnē: (nay-nay) Hawaiian goose
Pono: (poh-noh) what is right
Kiwikiu: ( kee-vee-KYOO) Maui Parrotbill
ʻŌhelo: (oh-heh-low) native relative of the blueberry
ʻIʻiwi: (ee-EE-vee) scarlet red honeycreeper
Kōkua: (koh-koo-ah) help
ʻApapane : (AH-pah-PAH-nay) crimson red honeycreeper
ʻōhiʻa lehua:(oh-HEE-ah leh-HOO-ah)
Naʻau: (Nah-ow) guts, mind, heart, affections
Pueo: (poo-eh-oh) short eared owl
Aloha: (Ah-loh-hah) love, affection, compassion
Mahalo: (Mah-hah-loh)Thank You
Māmane: (mah-mah-nay) yellow blossomed, endemic native shrub/tree
Aloha Kakahiaka (Ah-loh-hah Kah-kah-hee-ah-kah) Good Morning
Howzit: How’s it going? How are you?
Cheehoo: expression said when youʻre excited or celebrating
ʻono: (oh-no) tasty, delicious
Kanikapila: (kah-knee-kah-pee-la) a style of Hawaiian music produced in an impromptu jam session
Whoot Whoot: a slang used to express happiness and excitement
Pāʻina: (pah-ee-nah) party
Honi: (hoh-nee) the Hawaiian kiss
A hui hou kākou: (ah who-ee ho-ooh-kah-koh) Until we meet again
Lōkahi: (Loh-kah-hee)
Lori Abreu 