• Ua kili`opu mâua i ka pô nei.

• nani
• makahehi

• sweet-eyed kole (a fish), said of a person with alluring eyes

• kole maka onaona

• What attractive, sweet eyes this boy has.

• Hô`ônaona ho`i nâ maka o kêia keiki.

aloha

ardent

• ardent love-making

`i`ini nui, ake nui

• ho`okela o ka ho`oipoipo, hiû a wela

arouse

• arouse (sexually)

ho`âla, pai, ho`opaipai, hô`eu, ho`â, ho`ohana

• ho`okala

attract, lure

• attract with the eyes
• attracted
• attraction

`ume, ala`ume, hônênê, ho`ônaona

• maka ki`i
• ume `ia, nênê, ona, laka
• `ume, `ume launa, `ume mâkêneki; `umena

bath, to take a bath

• bubble bath

`au`au

• `au`au hu`a

bed; to go to bed

• bedtime

moe

• wâ hiamoe, manawa moe

betroth

• betrothal
• betrothed

ho`opalau

• palau, ho`opalau
• palau, ho`opalau `ia

blind

• Love is blind.

makapô

• Makapô ke aloha.

candy

• box of chocolates

kanakê

• pahu o nâ kokoleka

card

• sentiment

kâleka

• aloha

caress

• caress repeatedly

hamo, ho`oheno, hole, kûwili

• milika`a

carnal

• carnal desire
• to know a man carnal

kô ke kino

• kuko
• pâkanaka

cherub, as in Cupid

• arrow
• to shoot with an arrow

kelupa, transliterated from the English

• pua, pua pana
• pana

consume

• consumed
• consummate

`ai, ho`opau, kemu, hamu

• `aina; pau, pauka`a (completely)
• hana`i`o (finish)

content

• contented

`olu`olu, hau`oli, luana

• la`i, la`i ka nohona, `olu`olu, luana, kili`opu, `ai i kalo mo`a

coquette

• coquettish

wahine ho`oha`i

• `ano ho`ohai

court, to woo

• courtship

ho`oipo, ho`oipoipo, ho`onipo

• ho`oipoipo `ana

• very delicious

`ono, mikomiko

• `ono loa

delight

• to delight in
• delighted
• delightful
• most delightful

hau`oli, `oli`oli, hau`oli`oli, hoihoi, ho`ohoihoi, puni, ohaoha

• hia, puni, milimili nanea, hia`ai
• ohohia, kamahoi, hia`ai, hia`ai`ono
• mâhie, ho`ohie, le`a, hia`ai
• hia`ai`ono

desire

• to desire greatly
• overwhelmed with desire

• to stare, as in desire
• Great desire to see him/her.

makemake, `i`ini, `ano`i. hia, make, ake, puni, `upu. Also: `i`i, kuko, makhehi, ha`eha`e, mana`o, kauhua, nipo, ninipo, pu`u, ko`i`i, `îloli, ho`omakauli`i, ha`e

• kûli`a, li`a, `ena aloha, lanakoi
• pa`uhia
• `a`â maka
• `Ano`i aku e `ike iâia.

dove

• cooing of a dove
• soft-eyed dove (endearing term)

manu kû

• kuhukukû
• nûnû maka onaona

dream

• recollected dream
• erotic dream
• dream of a cherished wish

moe`uhane, moe

• haili moe
• moe kaha`ula, aikaha`ula, kaha`ula
• moemoeâ

• embrace tightly

pû`ili, pûliki, pûlikiliki, pû`iki, pili koke, `âpona, kûwili, apo

• kilipue, pukuku`i

emotion

• words of emotion
• transported with emotion
• to feel emotion of love

No general term, but emotions may be described by descriptive words following: pu`uwai, na`au, as in pu`uwai hau`oli (happiness)

• pi`ipi`i `ôlelo
• lalawe ke kino
• hû a`e ke aloha

endearing terms

• the singular possessive, my sweetheart
• the singular possessive, your sweetheart
• beloved

• ku`u, as in ku`u ipo
• kô, as in kô ipo
• nei, as in Hawai`i nei (my beloved Hawai`i)

excite, arouse

• exciting
• stir up (excite)
• heart-stirring
• to stir with life

ho`opîhoihoi, hô`eu`eu, ho`olalelale, ho`ouluulu

• `eu`eu, ho`opîhoihoi
• ho`opi`ipi`i, hô`eu, hô`eu`eu
• hô`oni pu`uwai
• `înana

expression

• sweet expression of face or eyes
• a single expression by the lover

kâleo, mâpuna leo, mâpuna `ôlelo

• maka onaona
• ho`okahi nô mâpuna leo a ke aloha

fire

• to light or kindle a fire
• fireplace / firewood / matches

ahi

• ho`â ahi

flirt

• flirtatious eyes

ho`ohai, ho`oha`i wale, ho`oha`ilua; ho`oheihei (to ensnare)

• maka ki`i

flower, flowers

• bouquet
• bud / rosebud
• flower that attracts
• rare choice flower
• flower that never dies (of a sweetheart)

pua, nâ pua

• pôkê, pôkê pua, pûpû
• liko / liko ka loke
• pua lê`î
• pua laha `ole
• pua mae `ole

for

• For you.
• For me?

• Nâu.
• Na`u?

friend

• my friend
• A friend, a nest of fragrance (poetic).

hoaloha, hoaaloha, makamaka (o-class); aikâne (a-class); hoa pili (intimate, personal); hoa

• ko`u hoaaloha, ko`u makamaka, kâ`u aikâne
• He aikâne, he pûnana na ke onaona.

gentleman

• act as a gentleman

keonimana

• ho`okeonimana

give

• give gladly

hâ`awi

• hâ`awi manawale`a, manawale`a

grateful

• grateful heart
• I am grateful for your help/support.
• I am very gratefully yours

ho`omaika`i

• na`au ho`omaika`i
• Ho`omaika`i au i kou kôkua mai.
• `O wau nô me ka ho`omaika`i

great

• very great
• greatest, utmost

nui, nunui

• nui loa, lele`oi
• nui, po`okela, heke, hapa nui, hapa loa, kaupoku

greeting

• greetings of love / affection
• farewell greeting
• to press noses in greeting

aloha, aloha aku

• Aloha, `Ano`ai, Welina me ke aloha
• Â hui hou, Aloha
• honi

In poetry, coolness, fragrance, and rain may signify happiness.

• to cause happiness
• place of happiness, comfort, pleasure (poetical)

hau`oli, `oli, `oli`oli; laule`a, hoihoi, le`a, hau`oli`oli, kûle`a

• ho`ohau`oli
• kahua o Mali`o

happy

• to be happy
• happy-eyed

hau`oli

• noho me ka hau`oli
• hau`oli nâ maka

heart

• heart beat
• generous heart
• heart’s desire
• heart-stirring

pu`uwai Fig., na`au, loko, poli, umauma, manawa

• pana
• manawale`a
• `i`ini o ka na`au, makakêhau
• ho`oniua pu`uwai

heaven

• highest heaven
• heavenly

lani, papa lani, lewa, aouli, pa`a-i-luna

• apo-a-lewa, lewa lani, lani kua ka`a
• lani

home

• homeland
• homeland of ancestors
• homesick

home, kauhale

• one hânau` `âina hânau, kulaiwi
• kuakahi; êwe `âina o ke kupuna
• aloha kaumaha i ka home

honor

• a great honor
• Honor your lover.
• Placed in a position of honor.

ho`ohanohano, hanohano; ho`onani, ho`ohiwahiwa, pâpahi, mâlama, pa`ihi, hano hâweo

• he ho`ohanohano nui
• Mâlama i kâu ipo.
• kau i ka hano

hope

• hopeful

mana`olana, `upu, pono, lana ka mana`o

• lana ka mana`o, ho`olana, hâlana ka mana`o

hug

• hug ardently

pûliki, pûku`i, apo

• kilipue

humility, humble

• Love is humble.

ha`aha`a

• Ha`aha`a ke aloha.

humor

• hilarity

ho`omâke`aka, piha `eu

• piha le`ale`a, ho`omâke`aka, lua`âpana

hunger

• My day of hunger survives through your love.

pôloli, make `ai

• Ku`u lâ pôloli, â ola i kou aloha.

husband

• affectionate reference to husband
• polite reference, not said of one’s own husband

kâne, pilikua, kâne i `ili

• lei
• ali`i kâne

• infatuated
• infatuated with desire

ho`ohei, ho`ohei mana`o, li`a nui

• ona
• ulupuni i ka makemake

inspire

• inspiration

ulu, ho`oulu, ho`olalelale

• mea ho`o`ulu i ka mana`o, ulu, a`o loko

interest, as in concern

• interested
• interesting

hoihoi, kuleana

• hoihoi
• hoihoi, nanea, walea

intimate

• hoa pili

pili koke, kuluma

• hoa pili

• to give joy
• My heart leaps for joy.
• joyful, joyous

hau`oli, `oli, `oli`oli, le`a, le`ale`a

• hô`oli, ho`ohau`oli
• Lele ko`u houpo i ka `oli`oli.
• piha hau`oli

• souvenir of a beloved

mea ho`omana`o, pa`aloha, pukana

• pukana aloha

kindness

• treat with kindness

lokomaika`i, `olu`olu, `olu, aloha, na`au ali`i, akeake, hulu, kolokolohai

• aulike, aloha aku, ho`olako

kiss

• to kiss repeatedly

honi; kiki, ihi, hô mai i ka ihu

• honihoni

know

• to know well, thoroughly
• to know definitely
• to know sexually

`ike

• walewaha, mâkaukau, ma`a
• `ike pono
• `ike; pâkanaka (know a male sexually)

laughter

• burst of laughter
• provoke laughter

`aka` hô`aka, `aka`aka

• hehê, hû ka `aka
• hô`aka, hô`aka`aka, ho`omâke`aka

life

In poetry, rain and mist may signify life.

• happy life
• full of life

ola

• nohona hau`oli
• `eu`eu, hô`eu`eu, ele`eleu, `eu

light

• dazzling light
• light of knowledge
• sacred light
• ignite
• lighten
• You are the light of my life.

ao, lama, malama , kukui

• hulili
• mâlamalama, `ama, mâ`ama`ama
• la`a kea
• hô`â, hô`a`â
• ho`omâmâ
• O ka ao o ko`u ola o `oe.

look

• look longingly
• look heavenward
• look with favor

nânâ, kilo

• mâkilo, `aiau
• kilo lani, hika`a lani
• maliu

love

mist, rain, spray and coolness may represent love in poetry.

• deep love
• loved one
• With love,
• an expression of love for a favorite
• love song
• love magic
• to cherish secretly, as love
• to be in a bond of love
• My love surges forth.
• to make love

aloha, `ano`i, nipo, kaunu, ho`oipoipo, ho`oheno, puni, oha, mahamaha

• kipona aloha, halehale ke aloha
• mea aloha, aloha
• Me ke aloha,
• pa`ipunahele
• mele ho`oipoipo
• hana aloha
• hôkeo
• pilialoha
• Mâpu mai ko`u aloha.
• ho`oipo, ho`oipoipo, hô`aloha, ho`onipo, hô`inâ`inau, kaunu, kaulu

lover

• ardent lover
• sweet-natured lover
• lover (slang)
• to sleep with a lover
• a lover for the late night

ipo, aloha, huapala, hoa kaunu, `ano`i

• ipo ahi
• ipo laua`e
• kûmû
• moe ipo
• he hoa kaunu no ke aumoe

• marriage proposal
• to perform the marriage ceremony
• families united by marriage
• married
• married couple
• bride
• bridegroom
• matrimony
• United in the pure bonds of matrimony.

male `ana, moe, noho pû `ana, ho`âo

• noi male
• ho`omale
• alohiki
• ho`omale
• pa`a male
• wahine male hou, wahine mare
• kâne male hou, kâne mare
• male, makelimonio
• Ua ho`opili `ia ma ka pelika ma`ema`e o ka male.

mate, companion

• to mate

hoa, koko`olua, lua

• moe, male, ho`omau, ho`âo

matter, as in, to be important

mature

• Your gentleness has matured me.

makua, kanaka makua, o`o

• `O kô ahonui ka i ho`omakua mai nei ia`u.

mean, as in, signify

• meaning

mana`o

• mana`o, mana`o nui, `ano

memory

• cherished memory

ho`omana`o, hali`a

• hali`a aloha

music

• sweet (as music)

mele (vocal), ho`okani (instrumental)

• hone, nahenahe, polinahe

• Suffering of love is overwhelming, here in my heart.

po`ipû, popo`i, uhi, lalawe

• `O ka `eha a ke aloha ke lalawe nei, eia lâi loko, i ku`u manawa.

• burst of passion
• culmination of sexual passion
• passionate

konikoni, koni, kaunu; hekili (fig.)

• kîkîao
• le`a, huahua`i
• ko`iko`i, `ino

peace

• quiet peace
• to make peace
• rest in peace
• peace after passion

malu, maluhia, la`i

• kîpû aheahe
• ho`omalu, ho`omaluhia
• e ho`omaha me ka maluhia
• la`i ke kaunu

perfume

• loving relationship
• relationship by friendship
• inseparable relationship

pili, pilina, pilikana

• pilialoha
• hale aikâne, pili kâmau
• pilina wehena `ole, pili wehe `ana `ole

remember

• fondly remember

ho`omana`o, ho`omaopopo, hâ`upu, hali`a, hâli`ali`a, haili, ho`ono`ono`o, pa`ana`au

• hali`a aloha

reverence

• revered

ano, ho`âno, `ihi, hô`ihi, `ihi lani

• mahalo `ia, `iu, `ihi`ihi, weliweli

romance

• romantic

pili ho`oipoipo, pilialoha

• ho`oipoipo

sense, sensory

• sense of taste
• sense of sight
• sensual
• goose bumps, goose flesh
• sensation of inner quaking accompanying sexual desire

`ike

• `ike i ka `ono
• `ike i ka maka
• kuko i kô ke kino
• `ôkala, `ôkakala, lî ka `ili, lî ka `i`o
• manene

sex

• sexual passion
• sexual excitement
• sexual part

No Hawaiian term for the word, sex.

• kola,huahua`i
• mane`o, kola
• ma`i (genitals), wahihuna

spouse

• How is your spouse?

kâne, wahine, kekahi, kahi, `epukane, hoa `inau, wai `apo (fig.); pili `ao`ao, moe mau

• Pehea kahi o `olua?

sweet (as a lover)

• sweet (as eyes or disposition)
• sweet (as taste)
• sweet (as fragrance)

laua`e, henoheno

• onaona
• momona, mona, kuhikuhi
• `a`ala, hone, `ala, nae, anuhea, onaona

• thrill in the heart

kapalili ka houpo, nâku`i, ilihia (as by beauty); lalawe

• konikoni lua i ka pu`uwai

throb

• throbbing ache, as of love
• throbbing in the heart

koni, konikoni, kapalili

• `eha koni
• konikoni lua i ka pu`uwai

together

• to do together
• close togeher
• to put or bring together
• Let’s be together.
• Let us live together.
• to pull together or cooperate

pû

• hana like, `ilau
• pili, pîna`i
• ho`opili, kâpili
• E pili kâua.
• Ho`okahi nô kô kâua noho pû `ana.
• huki like, alu like

touch

• to touch lightly
• to touch the skin

pâ, ho`opâ, pili, meu, hani, ho`ohani

• kahi, hamo
• pâ `ili

• bachelor, unmarried man
• bachelorette, unmarried woman

male `ole

• wahine `ole, kanaka i male `ole
• wahine male `ole

Ka Lâ o Lono-i-ke-aweawe-aloha

value, worth

• valuable

waiwai, minamina, waiwai kaulike, waiwai `i`o

• waiwai, makamae

wedding

• wedding feast
• Come to our wedding.
• wedlock

male `ana

• `aha`aina male
• Hele mai `oe i kô mâua male `ana.
• nohomale, nohona male

wife

with

• to associate, be with
• with me / with you / with us

me

• pili
• me a`u / me `oe / me mâua

you (singular)

• you here (sometimes affectionate)
• for you
• your

`oe

• eia nei, ei nei
• nâu, nou
• kâu, kou, kô (affectionate)