- 'e'e: get in the canoes
- aloha: hello, goodbye
- anuenue: rainbow
- awa: harbor, port, cove
- hanohano: glorious, dignified, worthy of praises
- Hawai'i nei: alternate reference to Hawai'i; Lit. "this Hawai'i"
- heihei wa'a: canoe race
- ho'oama'a: train,work hard; practice
- ho'okele: attention
- ho'omakaukau: get ready
- hoe wa'a: canoe paddler, or to paddle canoe
- huki: pull, get into it
- huli: to turn or flip over
- ihope: backward
- imua: forward
- kahea: caller
- kahuna kalaiwa'a: canoe builder/carver
- kane: man
- kau: place, plant the blade
- Keneke Mokupuni: Kent Island
- le'ale'a: fun
- mahalo: thank you
- mo'olelo: history
- 'ohana: family
- 'okole maluna: bottoms up!
- paliuli: divine place
- pilialoha: friendship
- wahi paua: spiritual place
- wahine: woman
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