Hawaiian

Hawaiian

See also: Hawai'ian, Hawai`ian, and Hawaiʻian

English

Alternative forms

• Hawaiʻian (or Hawai'ian, Hawai`ian)

Etymology

Hawaii +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hə.ˈwaɪ.ən/, /hə.ˈwaɪ.jən/

• Audio (RP)

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Adjective

Hawaiian (comparative more Hawaiian, superlative most Hawaiian)

1. (of a person) Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
2. Of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language.
3. Of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii.
4. Of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii.

Usage notes

• (of a resident of Hawaii): This sense is disliked by some descendants of the pre-European Hawaiians.

Derived terms

• Hawaiian seahorse
• Hawaiian shirt
• Hawaiian sling
• Hawaiian steak

 

Translations

descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian islands prior to European contact

Catalan: hawaià (ca) Chinook Jargon: kanaka Czech: havajský (cs) Danish: hawaiiansk Dutch: Hawaïaans (nl) Finnish: havaijilainen (fi) Hawaiian: ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Irish: Haváíoch Polish: hawajski (pl) Portuguese: havaiano (pt) Russian: гава́йский (ru) (gavájskij) Tagalog: Hawayano

of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language

Catalan: hawaià (ca) Dutch: Hawaïaans (nl) Esperanto: havaja Finnish: havaijilainen (fi) German: hawaiisch (de) Greek: χαβανέζικος (el) (chavanézikos) Irish: Haváíoch Norwegian: Bokmål: hawaiisk Nynorsk: hawaiisk Polish: hawajski (pl) Portuguese: havaiano (pt) Russian: гава́йский (ru) (gavájskij) Swahili: -a Kihawai Tagalog: Hawayano

of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii

Catalan: hawaià (ca) Dutch: Hawaïaans (nl) Finnish: havaijilainen (fi) Irish: Haváíoch Polish: hawajski (pl) Portuguese: havaiano (pt) Russian: гава́йский (ru) (gavájskij) Tagalog: Hawayano

of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii

Catalan: hawaià (ca) Dutch: Hawaïaans (nl) Finnish: havaijilainen (fi) Irish: Haváíoch Polish: hawajski (pl) Portuguese: havaiano (pt) Russian: гава́йский (ru) (gavájskij)

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Translations to be checked

French: (please verify) hawaïen (fr) m, (please verify) hawaiien (fr) m German: (please verify) hawaiianisch (de)

Noun

Hawaiian (countable and uncountable, plural Hawaiians)

1. (countable) A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
2. (countable) A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.
3. A pizza topped with ham and pineapple.
   • 2009, David Grace, Fever Dreams

     "A plain tomato cheese, two Hawaiians and a Coke," I told Greg, finally earning me a brief smile. […] Darrell paused to tear off a bite of ham and pineapple.

   • 2010, McSween et al., Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 117:

     Faced with a choice between the Supreme, the Hawaiian [...], the Capricciosa or the Meat Lovers', the bogan will invariably gravitate to the meal most likely to induce a fatal disease.

Usage notes

• (a resident of Hawaii): This sense is avoided almost universally by residents of Hawaii and those familiar with residents of Hawaii. It is best avoided in all contexts. Use "Hawaii resident" instead for non-ethnic Hawaiians.

Hypernyms

• American

Translations

a descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact

Catalan: hawaià (ca) m, hawaiana (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 夏威夷人 (zh) (Xiàwēiyí rén) Danish: hawaiianer c Finnish: havaijilainen (fi) German: Hawaiier m, Hawaiianer m Greek: Χαβανέζος (el) m (Chavanézos), Χαβανέζα (el) f (Chavanéza) Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi Irish: Haváíoch m Navajo: Hawáai dineʼé Polish: Hawajczyk (pl) m pers, Hawajka (pl) f Portuguese: havaiano (pt) m Russian: гава́ец (ru) m (gavájec), гава́йка (ru) f (gavájka) Swahili: Mhawai

a resident of the US state of Hawaii

Catalan: hawaià (ca) m, hawaiana (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 夏威夷人 (zh) (Xiàwēiyí rén) Czech: Havajan (cs) m Esperanto: havajano Finnish: havaijilainen (fi) Irish: Haváíoch m Polish: Hawajczyk (pl) m pers, Hawajka (pl) f Portuguese: havaiano (pt) m Russian: гава́ец (ru) m (gavájec), гава́йка (ru) f (gavájka) Swahili: Mhawai

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French: (please verify) Hawaïen (fr) m, (please verify) Hawaiien (fr) m

Proper noun

Hawaiian

1. The Hawaiian language.

Translations

Hawaiian language

Afrikaans: Hawais (af) Arabic: اللغة الهاوائية‎ f (al-luḡa l-hawayiya) Armenian: հավայերեն (havayeren), հավաի (hy) (havai) Basque: hawaiera (eu), hawaiiera Bavarian: Hawaiisch n Belarusian: гава́йская мова f (havájskaja móva), гава́йская f (havájskaja) Breton: hawaieg m Bulgarian: хавайски език m (havajski ezik), хавайски m (havajski) Catalan: hawaià (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 夏威夷文 Mandarin: (please verify) 夏威夷语 (Xiàwēiyí yǔ) Wu: 夏威夷語 Czech: havajština (cs) f Danish: hawaiiansk n Dutch: Hawaïaans (nl) n Esperanto: havaja lingvo Estonian: havai keel Faroese: hawaiianskt Finnish: havaiji (fi), havaijin kieli French: hawaïen (fr) m, hawaiien (fr) m Galician: hawaiano (gl) m German: Hawaiianisch (de) n, Hawaiisch (de) n Greek: χαβανέζικα (el) f pl (chavanézika) Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Hawai‘i Hebrew: הוואית‎ (he) f (hawa'it) Hindi: हवाईवी f (havāīvī) Hungarian: hawaii nyelv Icelandic: hawaiíska (is) f Ilocano: pagsasao a Hawayano Indonesian: bahasa Hawaii Irish: Haváis f Italian: hawaiano (it) Japanese: ハワイ語 (ja) (hawaigo) Javanese: basa Hawaii Korean: 하와이어 (ko) (hawaieo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: hawaíyane Latin: Havaiana f, lingua havaiana f Latvian: havajiešu valoda f Ligurian: lengua hawaïann-a f Limburgish: Hawaiaans, Hawaïaans, Hawaiïaans Lithuanian: havajiečių kalba f, havajiečių f Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: Hawaïaans n Macedonian: хавајски јазик m (havajski jazik) Malay: bahasa Hawaii Malayalam: ഹവായിയൻ (havāyiyaṉ) Manx: Hawaiish Nahuatl: hawaitlahtōlli Nauruan: dorerin Hawaii Navajo: Hawáai Dineʼé bizaad North Frisian: hawaiiansk Northern Sami: haváijagiella Norwegian: Bokmål: hawaiisk m Nynorsk: hawaiisk m Occitan: hawaiian (oc) Persian: زبان هاوایی‎ (zabân havayi) Polish: hawajski (pl) m inan, język hawajski m Portuguese: havaiano (pt) m Quechua: Hawayi simi Romanian: hawaiiană f Russian: гава́йский язы́к m (gavájskij jazýk), гава́йский (ru) m (gavájskij) Samoan: Fa'a Hawai'i Scots: Hawaiian Serbo-Croatian: havajski (sh) m Slovak: havajčina f Slovene: havajščina f Spanish: hawaiano (es) m Swahili: Kihawai Swedish: hawaiiska (sv) Tagalog: Hawayano Tamil: ஹவாய் மொழி (havāy moḻi) Thai: ภาษาฮาวาย (phās̄ʹā ḥāwāy) Tok Pisin: tok Hawai Turkish: Hawaii dili Ukrainian: гавайська мова f (havajsʹka mova), гавайська (uk) f (havajsʹka) Uzbek: gavayi tili Vietnamese: tiếng Hawaii (vi) Welsh: Hawäieg West Frisian: hawaïaansk Western Panjabi: ہوائی بولی‎ Zulu: isiHawayi

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Hawaiian terms

Further reading

• Hawaiian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code haw (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Hawaiian, haw ⁠