Hawaiian

See also: Hawai'ian and Hawai`ian

English

Alternative forms

• Hawaiʻian (or Hawai'ian, Hawai`ian)

Etymology

Hawaii +‎ -an

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

Hawaiian (not comparable)

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.

Translations

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

• Catalan: hawaià (ca)
• Chinook Jargon: kanaka
• Czech: havajský (cs)
• Dutch: Hawaïaans (nl)
• Finnish: havaijilainen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: hawajski (pl)
• Portuguese: havaiano (pt)
• Russian: гава́йский (ru) (gavájskij)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} hawaïen (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} hawaiien (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: ^{(please verify)} hawaiianisch

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.
4. (uncountable) The Hawaiian language.

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)

• Finnish: havaijilainen (fi)
• German: Hawaiier m, Hawaiianer m
• Greek: Χαβανέζος (el) m (Chavanézos), Χαβανέζα (el) f (Chavanéza)
• Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 m
• Finnish: havaijilainen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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

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／夏威夷语

• 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)
• German: Hawaiianisch (de) n, Hawaiisch (de) n
• Greek: χαβανέζικα (el) f pl (chavanézika)
• Hausa: ʻōlelo Hawai‘i
• Hebrew: הוואית f (havait)
• 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:
• Latin: Havaiana f, lingua havaiana f
• Latvian: havajiešu valoda f
• Ligurian: lengua hawaïann-a
• Limburgish: Hawaiaans, Hawaïaans, Hawaiïaans
• Lithuanian: havajiečių kalba f, havajiečių f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 (ru) 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 (tr)
• 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 (hoā'ī bolī)
• Zulu: isiHawayi

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} Hawaïen (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} Hawaiien (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• Index:Hawaiian
• Wiktionary's coverage of Hawaiian terms

Further reading

• Hawaiian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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