Hawaiian Slang, Jargon, and New Words from Double-Tongued Dictionary

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Hooponopono n. Hawaiian groups clashing over what to do with artifacts buried in a Big Island cave failed to reach an agreement after meeting for months under an ancient mediation process. U-S District Judge David Ezra had the groups try to settle their differences through a process known as Hooponopono three months ago to end a deadlock in court. [Hawaii Hawaiian Law] [full cite] (Apr. 30, 2006)

paipai v. Nets also can be used with a technique known as paipai (to beat or slap the water) fishing in which fish are chased into a surround net, similar to the traditional hukilau (seine fishing) method. [Hawaii Hawaiian] [full cite] (Sep. 22, 2005)

punee n. Kristen Scott, an architect in Seattle, said about one-third of her empty nester clients asked for separate bedrooms, which can cost a few thousand dollars to more than $100,000. In Honolulu, Nancy Peacock, an architect, said her clients increasingly requested “punees,” as daybeds are known in Hawaii—sometimes on the lanai, the covered porch of the house. [Hawaii Hawaiian] [full cite] (Mar. 11, 2007)

punee n. Prices range from $9 for hand painted or bamboo wind chimes; to $100 for hand-carved garden lanterns and teak steamer chairs; to $2,000 for antique teak punee bed frames. [Hawaii Hawaiian] [full cite] (Mar. 30, 2007)

punee n. Small keed time, 60’s in Kailua, and Laie area, had chase mastah, rough take, shaveice, yes, I heard “confonnit!” a lot. (I thought this was my name for a while, my faddah usta say to me alla time; “confonnit, stop jumping up and down on da punee! [Hawaii Hawaiian] [full cite] (Mar. 30, 2007)

to-do haole n. In these jungled thickets, hot enough to make lipstick melt, the escapist Garden of Eden fantasies of “to-do haole,” as rich Caucasians are called, converge and occasionally collide with native truths. [English Hawaiian Derogatory] [full cite] (Sep. 29, 2007)

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