THIS GLOSSARY IS SOLEY FOR THE PURPOSES OF INI HAWAII. MODERN DAY USE OF THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE INCLUDES MACRONS CALLED ʻOKINA (GLOTTAL STOP) AND KAHAKŌ (ELONGATED VOWEL SOUND).  

INI HAWAII DOES NOT USE THESE MARKERS,EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

SINCE our research comes from archival documents,that DID NOT INCLUDE THESE MARKERS as they are used today. e ola ka olelo hawaii!

IINI (ʻIʻINI) INI - TO DESIRE; TO WISH FOR, TO CRAVE FOR, TO LONG FOR, TO HAVE A LIKING FOR  
INIはハワイ語のʻiʻiniを表します。その意味は以下の通りです。

HAWAII (HAWAIʻI) - Hawaiʻi (both the island and the group of islands); Hawaiian person; Hawaiian. Elsewhere in Polynesia, Hawaiʻi or a cognate is the name of the underworld or of the ancestral home.

ALOHA - Aloha, love, affection, compassion, sympathy, kindness.

LAHUI (LĀHUI) - Nation, people, nationality

HUI PU (HUI PŪ) - To mix, unite, blend, assemble, combine, mingle.

OHANA (ʻOHANA) - Family, relative, kin group; related.

OLELO (ʻŌLELO) - Language, speech, word, quotation, statement, utterance, term.

MALAMA (MĀLAMA) - To take care of, tend, attend, care for, preserve, protect, save, maintain.

MUUMUU (MUʻUMUʻU) - In contemporary Hawaiian fashion, a loose gown or shift. 

*the definitions used in this glossary come from Pukui, Andrews, and Parker dictionaries