`Ōlelo Place Names
| Ni`ihau nee ee how | Moloka`i moh loh kah ee | ||||||
| Pu`uwai poo oo vai (heart) | Kaunakakai kau nah kah kai (beach landing) | ||||||
| Hālawa hah lah vah (curve) | |||||||
| Kaua`i kau (w)ah ee | Ho`olehua hoh oh lay hoo (w)ah (acting the expert) | ||||||
| Līhu`e lee hoo eh (cold chill) | `Ili`ili`ōpae ee lee ee lee oh pae (stones shrimp) | ||||||
| Hanalei hah nah lay (crescent bay) | Kalaupapa kah lau pah pah (the flat plain) | ||||||
| Hanapēpē hah nah pay pay (crushed bay) | Kaluako`i kah loo (w)ah koh ee (the adze pits) | ||||||
| Kapa`a kah pah ah (the solid) | |||||||
| Kōke`e ko kay eh (to bend) | Lāna`i lah nah ee (day of conquest) | ||||||
| Nā Pali nah pah lee (the cliffs) | Lāna`i City | ||||||
| Po`ipū poh ee poo (crashing) | Kō`ele koh eh lay (dark sugar cane) | ||||||
| Wai`ale`ale why ah lay ah lay (rippling water) | Mānele mah nay lay (sedan chair) | ||||||
| Waimea why may (y)ah (reddish water) | |||||||
| Maui mau (w)ee (Māui, the demigod) | |||||||
| O`ahu oh ah hoo | Haleakalā hah lay ah kah lah (house of the sun) | ||||||
| `Aiea ai (y)eh (y)ah (Nothocestrum tree) | Hāli`imaile hah lee ee mai lay (strewn maile) | ||||||
| `Āina Haina eye nah hai nah | Hāna hah nah (alert) | ||||||
| Ala Moana ah lah mo (w)ah nah | Honokōhau hoh noh koh how | ||||||
| Hanauma hah now ma (shelter bay) | Kā`anapali kah ah nah pah lee (division cliff) | ||||||
| Hau`ula how oo lah (red hau tree) | Kahului kah hoo lui (the winning) | ||||||
| Honolulu ho no loo loo (place of shelter) | Kīhei kee hei (cape, cloak) | ||||||
| `Iolani ee (y)oh lah nee (royal hawk) | Lahaina lah hai nah (Lāhainā, day of cruel sun) | ||||||
| Ka`a`awa kah ah ah vah (the wrasse fish) | Nāpili nah pee lee (the joinings or pili grass) | ||||||
| Kaimukī kai moo kee (the ti oven) | Pā`ia pah ee (y)ah (noisy) | ||||||
| Kahalā kah hah lah | |||||||
| Kailua kai loo (w)ah (two seas) | Kaho`olawe kah hoh oh lah veh | ||||||
| Kalaniana`ole kah lah nee ah nah oh leh | |||||||
| Kāne`ohe kah neh oh heh | Hawai`i hah wai ee or hah vai ee | ||||||
| Kawaiaha`o kah wai ah hah oh | Hāwī hah vee | ||||||
| Ke`eaumoku kay eh (y)au moh koo | Hilo hee loh | ||||||
| Kemo`o kay moh oh (the lizard) | Honoka`a hoh noh kah ah (rolling stones bay) | ||||||
| Ko`olau koh oh lau (windward) | Honoli`i hoh noh lee ee (little valley) | ||||||
| Lā`ie lah ee (y)eh (leaf of the `ie) | Ka`ū kah oo | ||||||
| Lanikai lah nee kai (sea heaven) | Kawaihae kah wai hae (the pool of wrath) | ||||||
| Mā`ili mah ee lee (pebbly) | Kea`au ke (y)ah au | ||||||
| Mākaha mah kah hah (fierce) | Keāhole kay (y)ah hoh lay (the āhole fish) | ||||||
| Makapu`u mah kah poo oo (hill beginning) | Keaukaha kay (y)au kah hah (the passing current) | ||||||
| Mānoa mah noh (w)ah (vast) | Kona koh nah (leeward) | ||||||
| Mō`ili`ili moh ee lee ee lee (pebble lizard) | Mauna Kea mau nah kay (y)ah (white mountain) | ||||||
| Mokulē`ia moh koo lay ee (y)ah | Mauna Loa mau nah low ah (long mountain) | ||||||
| Nānākuli nah nah koo lee (look at the knee) | Nā`ālehu nah ah lay hoo (the volcanic ashes) | ||||||
| Nu`uanu noo oo (w)ah noo (cool height) | Nāpō`opo`o nah poh oh poh oh (the holes) | ||||||
| Pālolo pah loh loh (clay) | `Ōpihikāō oh pee hee kah oh (gathering limpets) | ||||||
| Punahou poo nah hou (new spring) | Pāhoa pah ho (w)ah (dagger) | ||||||
| Punalu`u poo nah loo oo (coral dived for) | Pāhala pah hah lah (cultivation by burning mulch) | ||||||
| Wai`alae wai ah lae (mud hen water) | Puna poo nah | ||||||
| Wahiawā wah hee (y)ah wah (milkfish place) | Pu`uloa poo oo low (w)ah (long hill) | ||||||
| Wai`anae why ah nae (mullet fish) | Waiākea why ah kay (y)ah (broad waters) | ||||||
| Waikīkī why kee kee (spouting water) | Waimea why may (y)ah (reddish water) | ||||||
| Waimānalo why ma na lo | Waipi`o why pee oh (curved water) | ||||||
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