Hawaiian Proverbs !

Aloha

[ah-LOH-ah]

Meaning: love, affection, compassion, mercy, kindness, charity, greetings, hello, good-bye, sweetheart, loved one

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: Cherish three things above all else: the life of the land, the well-being of the spirit, and the love of those friends who are dearest to us. 

—Hawaiian proverb 

Aoloa

[ah-oh-LOH-ah]

Meaning: long cloud, high or distant cloud, distinguished, esteemed

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: My dreams are shaped in the ever-changing clouds. — Hawaiian proverb 

Aonani

[ah-oh-NAH-nee]

Meaning: beautiful light

Usage: Hawaiian: from Hawaiian ao (light, daylight) and nani (beauty, beautiful)

Affirmation: In the first golden light of dawn, nothing is 

impossible! —Hawaiian proverb 

Ehu

[EH-hoo]

Meaning: spray, foam, mist

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: True dreams are born of sea spray, of ehukai. 

—Hawaiian proverb 

Halolani

[hah-loh-LAH-nee]

Meaning: to move quietly, as a soaring bird

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: My heart's wings give flight to my dreams. 

—Hawaiian proverb  

Halulu

[hah-LOO-loo]

Meaning: thunder, roar of water or wind

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: Rejoice with the storms of the earth; shout joy 

with the voice of thunders! —Hawaiian proverb 

Hinaea, Hina'-ea

[hee-nah-EH-ah]

Meaning: goddess of sunrise and sunset, a healer

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: In the first golden light of dawn, nothing is 

impossible! —Hawaiian proverb 

Hokuala, Hōkū-ala 

[hoh-koo-AH-lah]

Meaning: rising star

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: The stars, na hoku, guide me at night—they show me the way to my destiny. —Hawaiian proverb 

Holokai 

[hoh-loh-KIE]

Meaning: seafarer, mariner

Usage: Hawaiian 

Affirmation: We are all voyagers in life's ocean. 

—Hawaiian proverb 

Hone

[HOH-neh]

Meaning: sweet and soft as music, sweetly appealing

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: Music is the wind ... captured for a brief moment. —Hawaiian proverb 

Ihe

[EE-heh]

Meaning: spear fame, famous warrior

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: Strength is the warrior within. —Hawaiian proverb 

Ilima

[ee-LEE-mah]

Meaning: flower of O'ahu, related to hibiscus, the small yellow-orange blossoms that are strung into leis

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: The flower is nature's work of art. 

—Hawaiian proverb 

Imina

[ee-MEE-nah]

Meaning: seeking

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: Seek love, knowledge, and above all else—happiness. —Hawaiian proverb 

Kahuna, Ka-hūnā

[kah-NOO-nah]

Meaning: hidden one

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: In the hidden places are found the rarest of flowers. —Hawaiian proverb 

Kai

[kie]

Meaning: ocean, water from the sea

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: In my mind is the fire of knowledge; in my blood run the currents of the ocean; in the wind do I hear the song of my spirit. 

—Hawaiian proverb

Kailani 

[kie-LAH-nee]

Meaning: sea and sky

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: The blue of the sky perfectly mirrors the blue of the ocean. —Hawaiian proverb 

Kaleho, Ka-leho

[kah-LEH-hoh]

Meaning: cowry shell

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: The song of the ocean is captured forever in the tiniest shell. —Hawaiian proverb 

Kaleo

[kah-LEH-oh]

Meaning: singer, the one who sings

Usage: Hawaiian: from Hawaiian ka (the one who is) and leo (voice, sound, tune)

Affirmation: Music is the key to the inner spirit. 

—Hawaiian proverb 

Kane

[KAH-neh]

Meaning: man, eastern sky

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: The joyous heart has as many blessings as the stars in the sky. —Hawaiian proverb

Kawena, Ka-wena

[kah-WEH-nah]

Meaning: rosy reflection in the sky, sunrise glow, sunset glow, the one who is aglow

Usage: Hawaiian: from Hawaiian ka (the one who is) and wena (glow of sunrise, sunset, or fire)

Affirmation: Take time to look at clouds and sunsets and the beauty of nature. —Hawaiian proverb

Keala

[keh-AH-lah]

Meaning: pathway, the pathway

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: A journey of the spirit is never truly finished—its paths continually unfold before us. —Hawaiian proverb 

Keha

[KEH-hah]

Meaning: height, dignity, lofty, majestic

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: In your time upon this earth, remember to walk with dignity. —Hawaiian proverb 

Kehua, Kēhua

[KEH-hwah]

Meaning: dew, mist, dewdrop, gentle land breeze

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: Give me the beauty of nature to restore my spirit, where the morning dew glistens in the sunlight, and the wind is the only sound that I hear. —Hawaiian proverb 

Keiki

[keh-EE-kee]

Meaning: child of the moon

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: I am the moon's child, born of starlight and dewfall. —Hawaiian proverb 

Kiana

[kee-AHN-ah]

Meaning: divine, the shining one, goddess of the moon, goddess of the hunt

Usage: Hawaiian form of Diana, from Latin divus (divine); Diana is the name of the Roman goddess of the moon and of hunting.

Affirmation: Walk in the paths illuminated by the moon. 

—Hawaiian proverb 

Kilo

[KEE-loh]

Meaning: stargazer, reader of omens

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: Wishes made by starlight are wishes born of the heart. —Hawaiian proverb

Lahiki, Lāhiki

[lah-HEE-kee]

Meaning: rising sun, eastern sun

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: Rise with the dawn if you would take full measure of the new day. —Hawaiian proverb 

Lai, La'i

[LAH-ee]

Meaning: calm, still, quiet as of the sea, sky, wind, peace, contentment, silence

Usage: Hawaiian

Affirmation: If I can hear the ocean's song and feel the wind's caress, then I am at peace. —Hawaiian proverb 

Leinani, Lei-nani

[leh-ee-NAH-nee, leh-NAH-nee]