Loan Words: English to Hawaiian with Sound Shifts |
Source: Elbert, Samuel H, & Pukui, Mary Kawena, Hawaiian Grammar,
University of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu, 1979.
English |
Hawaiian |
Examples of English to Hawaiian: |
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h sh |
h |
home Charlotte, sheep |
home (home) Halaki,hipa |
wh |
hu w u |
wheel whiskey wharf |
huila wekekê uapo |
j |
i |
Iesû |
Jesus |
d t th s sh z ch j, soft g k g |
k |
diamond ticket diphtheria soap brush kokiaka pika Keoki kolokê Kilipaki |
kaimana kikiki kipikelia kopa palaki zodiac pitcher George croquet Gilbert |
l r |
l |
laki laiki kolopâ (r at the end is often dropped) |
lucky rice crowbar |
m |
m |
market |
mâkeke |
n ng |
n |
Norway king |
Nolewai kini |
p b f |
p |
Peter beer flour |
Pika pia palaoa |
v w |
w |
velvet wine |
welaweka waina |
A vowel is added at the end of words, very often a, as in, school (kula).
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There are no consonant clusters in Hawaiian:
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Try practicing these loan words: |
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Beretania |
Britain |
Ikalia |
Italian |
Kakalina, kakalina |
Katherine, gasoline |
Kêpani |
Japanese |
kika (Hawaiian meaning is "slippery") |
sister, cider, tiger, cassia |
kini (Hawaiian meaning is "multitude") |
gin, tin, king, kin, zinc, Guinea, Jean, Jane, Jennie |
Kôlea |
Korean / Korea |
Niu `Enelani |
New England |
pepa |
paper |
pila |
Bill |
Pilipino |
Filipino |
pipi |
beef |
puke |
book |
Hybrid Words |
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haukalima |
ice cream
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mîkini `apo leo |
recorder
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13 hybrid entries are listed under mîkini in the Hawaiian Dictionary. |
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nî`au pûlumi |
straw broom
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nîoi pekela nîoi pepa |
betel nut chili pepper
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nûpepa puka lâ |
daily newspaper (lit., newspaper issuing day)
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`ohe puluka |
bamboo flute
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`ôhia loke |
rose apple
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`ô`ô halo |
harrow
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pipikaula |
beef jerky (lit, beef rope)
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wilikî |
engineer (lit., key turning)
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