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Human Speech |
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`Ôlelo Hawai`i |
`Ôlelo Haole |
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ha`ia`o |
(oral) instruction |
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`aki`aki |
backbiting speech |
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kaena
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bragging
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kama`ilio ho`onanea, keaka
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chat
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nukunuku |
chiding or nagging |
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walâ`au |
confused talk of the multitude; informal chatter |
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kama`ilio |
conversation |
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kikê |
dialogue |
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`ôhumu |
faultfinding, with angry (huhû) overtones |
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waipahê |
gentleness and in speech and manners is expressed with this word, which means, "smooth as undisturbed water"; Hawaiians are averse to loud noises and obstreperous, rude talk. |
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ni`ani`a |
gossips, accusers, slanderers |
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`okolekê |
kind of unintelligible play or foreign language created for unsavory purposes |
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nehiwa |
lascivious talk; in secret talk, with transposed syllables, means wahine |
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kake |
lingo, often used for secret purposes, covert communication between chiefs, also for licentious purposes |
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ko`eko`e |
marital squabbling, from the sound of the sound of the kapa mallet |
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pule
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prayer, uttering of incantations
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kûkâlâ |
proclamation; auctioneer’s cries means, "stand and call" |
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`e`ehia |
rapt attention, the solemn hush of an assembly |
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wawâ |
rumor |
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pâkîkê |
saucy rejoinder; talking back |
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`ôlelo haumia |
smutty language |
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pâhemahema i ka ho`onohonoho `ana i nâ hua `ôlelo |
speak brokenly |
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`ekemu |
speak but little |
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`ôlelo akahele, aka`ôlelo |
speak cautiously, deliberately |
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ko`iko`i ka `ôlelo |
speak forcefully |
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`âwaha, ho`okala |
speak harshly, bluntly |
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leo `iki |
speak softly |
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hewa ka waha |
speak too much, hastily |
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namunamu |
speak unintelligibly, as with an impediment or foreign language, babbling; rapid, indistinct articulation |
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kâholo ka `ôlelo |
speak vaguely |
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`ôlelo
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speech or language; to speak
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ha`i`ôlelo |
speech; sermon |
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palauolelo |
talking and not doing anything; palaver |
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`â`â |
to be mute |
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`ûhene |
to converse quietly and romantically; to tease coquettishly; to play a merry tune |
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mumule |
to sit silent |
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`u`u`u |
to stammer |
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pa`ipa`i |
to tell someone what he ought to do |
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ho`olele leo |
ventriloquism |
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leo |
voice; sound |
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hawanawana |
whispering |
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