English
Alternative forms
Adjective
Hawaiian (not comparable)
- (of a person) Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
- Of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language.
- Of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii.
- 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
of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language
of or having to do with the culture of the US state of Hawaii
of or having to do with a resident of the US state of Hawaii
Noun
Hawaiian (plural Hawaiians)
- A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact.
- A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.
- A pizza topped with ham and pineapple.
Hypernyms
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.
Translations
a resident of the US state of Hawaii
Proper noun
Hawaiian
- The Hawaiian language.
Translations
Hawaiian language
- Afrikaans: Hawais
- Arabic: اللغة الهاوائية f (al-luḡa l-hawayiya)
- Armenian: հավայերեն (havayeren), հավաի (havai)
- Basque: hawaiera (eu), hawaiiera
- Bavarian: Hawaiisch n
- Belarusian: гава́йская мова f (havájskaja mova), 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)
- 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: hawaíyane
- Latin: Havaiana f, lingua havaiana f
- Latvian: havajiešu valoda f
- Ligurian: lengua hawaïann-a
- Limburgish: Hawaiaans, Hawaïaans, Hawaiïaans
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- Lithuanian: havajiečių kalba f, havajiečių f
- Low German:
- Dutch Low Saxon: Hawaïaans n
- Macedonian: хавајски јазик m (havajski jazik)
- Malay: bahasa Hawaii
- Malayalam: ഹവായിയൻ (havāyiyan)
- Manx: Hawaiish
- Nahuatl: hawaitlahtōlli
- Nauruan: dorerin Hawaii
- Navajo: Hawáai Dineʼé bizaad
- North Frisian: hawaiiansk
- Northern Sami: haváijagiella
- Norwegian: 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
- Zulu: isiHawayi
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See also
- Index:Hawaiian
- Wiktionary's coverage of Hawaiian terms