Here
are are top Hawaiian words or phrases you may
hear or even be using by the time you leave
Maui:
Aloha - Hello, goodbye, love
Mahalo - Thank you
Alii - Chief, Hawaiian
Royalty
Haleakala - House of the Sun
Ono - Good, also a variety of fish. So go
to a restaurant and have Ono ono (good fish).
It's a Maui joke.
Aku - Tuna
Hapuupuu - Snapper
Halau - School
Heiau - Place of worship, Hawaiian Temple
Keiki - Child
Kahuna - Preist or expert on a subject
Mana - Spirit power
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