Akela—a berry much like the American raspberry.
Alii-niaupio, tabu moi wahine—freely translated, goddess-queen, a female sovereign of divine or semi-divine lineage, unapproachable, sacred, absolute.
Aloha—Aloha, more appropriately, perhaps, than any other one word, may be taken as typical of the Hawaiian race. It is the first native word the stranger learns, the common salutation on the street, and the last he hears at parting. It signifies kindly feeling, good-will. It is also used to express love.
Aloha nui—great good-will.
Au-we—an exclamation of sorrow, a wailing cry, alas.
Awa—an intoxicating liquor made from the roots of a plant of the same name. It is very stupefying, and, when drunk to excess, causes the skin to turn a dirty-brown color, and to crack and flake off.
Eaeakai—the word, sometimes used as a proper noun, means, covered with the spray of the sea.
E moe o—the customary exclamation or command to lie prostrate on the approach of royalty.
Haleakala—the House of the Sun, an extinct volcano ten thousand feet high on the Island of Maui. Its crater, over thirty miles in circumference and two thousand feet deep, is the largest in the world.
Hamakua—the name of a district in the northern part of the Island of Hawaii.