Call Us Now: (813) 501 8830
Talkin' Pidgin
with Palani
- aloha Greeting for say hi or bye. Also mean love.
- befo' time Back in da days.
- Bolo Head No mo hair.
- brah Short for braddah.
- broke da mouth Da bugga taste so good.
- bumbye Later on.
- cockaroach Steal someting. Like our kitchen equipment!
- da kine Can take da place of any kine word in one sentence. Can be verb, adjective, noun or wotevahs.
- gocumbak Run one quick errand and come back.
- grindz Yummy food.
- haole One person not from ova hea. Also can mean person of Caucasion ancestry.
- hapa When someone stay one race and part one 'nother race.
- hãpai Pregnant.
- hemo take off.
- Hawaiian time Three hours later than the actual time specified.
- holoholo go out, go cruising.
- kalakoa Sumting with all kine plenty colors.
- kama'ãina Person living in Hawai'i for a while.
- kanaka Hawaiian person.
- kapu Keep out or no touch.
- kaukau Food.
- kukae stuff poop in the yard from one dog or cat or bird.
- li hing mui Seed you eat.
- lolo Crazy or stupid kine people.
- mahalo Tanks.
- malasadas Only from Leonard's brah! So ono!
- manang Older Filipino lady.
- manong Older Filipino guy.
- memba To tink about da past.
- mo bettah One ting stay greater than da oda ting.
- moshi moshi How you say hello on da phone.
- nerjous Nervous when one person stay all worried about sumting.
- niele Nosey.
- no make No hassle me.
- obake Ghosts.
- 'ohana Family.
- ‘õkole Your butt.
- ‘ono Sumting dat taste good or look good.
- pãke Somebody who's tight or stingy with their money.
- pau Finished, done.
- pau hana Finish work
- pilau Dirty.
- pua ting Deprived, pathetic.
- shaka Sumting good. One hand sign where da hand stay close like one fist, but da thumb and da pinkie stay sticking out.
- shave ice Mainland people say snow cone.
- shishi Pee pee.
- small kid time When I was one little child.
- stink eye For give one mean glare.
- suck um up Grandma Shone’s happy hour saying.
- talk story Have good conversation.
- tita One tough wahine.