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Ka `Ohana ~ The Family

Sources:
Pukui, Mary Kawena & Elbert, Samuel H., Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University Of Hawai`i Press, Honolulu, 1986.
Kent, Harold Winfield, Treasury of Hawaiian Words, Masonic Public Library of Hawai`i, 1986.
Index

Family	Father	Baby
Wife	Children	Predecessors
Husband	Daughter	Descendants
Parents	Son	Extended Family
Mother	Siblings

Pronunciation Guide

KA `ÔLELO HAWAI`I (HAWAIIAN) :	KA `ÔLELO HAOLE (ENGLISH) :
Family Back to the Top
ka `ohana	family
ka `ohana kupe	old family of several generations in a place
ka âewa	family lineage
ke kûauhau	genealogy; to be recorded in genealogy
ka pili ali`i ka pilipili`ula ka iwikuamo`o	chiefly relationship close relationship to one of high rank trusted relative of a chief
hoahânau	kindred; some blood relation, brother, sister, cousin. Lit., companion by birth.
ka pili koko, ka pili loko, ka pili `ohana ka wena	blood relationship
ke auwaepili	close relative
ka hanahanauna	contemporary born; of the same age. Hauna is the more commonly known term, a relative whose relationship was established several genertions ago.
inoa `ohana	surname; family name
Wife Back to the Top
ka wahine ka pili alo ka wahine male ka wahine manuahi ka haku wahine ka hânau kama ke ka`ala	wife beloved wife wife, married woman common law wife wife of a chief; woman of high rank bearer of children; fruitful, fertile in bearing; wife widow
ho`owahine	to take as a wife
Husband Back to the Top
ke kâne ka pili kua ke kâne i ka `ili ke ali`i kâne ke ka`ala	husband beloved husband true husband Lit., husband of the skin husband (polite usage), not said of one's own husband widower
ke kama	the first husband of a wife; children generally, as male and female children; second generation.
ho`okâne	to offer oneself as a husband
Parents Back to the Top
nâ makua	parents
ka makua lû`au`i	these words, connected, mean biological parent as distinct from an adopted parent, aunt or uncle.
kôlea, makua kôlea makua kâne kôlea makua hine kôlea	parent-in-law father-in-law mother-in-law
ka pûluna	relationship between a husband's parents and those of his wife
Mother Back to the Top
ka makuahine, ka lû`au makuahine	mother aunt, any female relative of the parents' generation
Mâmâ	Mom, Mama, Mother
ke makuahine kôlea	stepmother
ka makuahonowai wahine	mother-in-law
Father Back to the Top
ka makuakâne	father
ho`omakua kâne	to act, claim or treat as a father
ka makua kâne kôlea	stepfather
ka makua kâne papahema	godfather
ka makuahonowai kâne	father-in-law
Children Back to the Top
ke kauô	offspring; fruit of marriage
ke keiki, ka hâpu`u, ka hânau ka liko	child child; youth, especially of a chief
ke kama kahi, ka hânau kahi	only or single child
nâ keiki, nâ kamali`i	children
ke kama	children generally, as male and female children; the first husband of a wife; second generation.
ka hânau mua, ka hiapo. ka makahiapo, ka maka nua	oldest child; first-born child
ka mâwaewae	ceremony for a first-born child
ke kamaiki	oldest or first-born child; the most endeared or most beloved
ka hânau hope	second child, younger in relation to the first, or the third in relation to the second, etc.; younger sister
ke keiki hope loa, ka hope loa, ka muli, ka panina	youngest child
ka pôki`i	youngest member of the family; younger of two children of the same sex; appellation of endearment
ka pôki`i kaina	the very younger; a double epithet for a younger brother or sister; very dear little sister or brother
ka muli hope ka muli loa	youngest child, the very last one youngest child
ke keiki hânai ka ho`okama	adopted child adopted child, more like a godchild. Adopting parents might assume some or none of the child's or person's physical care. No adoptive papers were prepared as was often done in later times for a hânai child.
ka hua hâ`ule, ke keiki manuahi, ke keiki po`o `ole ke keiki kameha`i	illegitimate child illegitimate child whose father may not be known
ke keiki ho`okama, ke keiki papahema	Godchild
ke keiki ali`i ka liko	child of a chief child, especially of a chief
ka lei	a beloved child
ka pua	child, descendant of a chief, progeny
Daughter Back to the Top
ke kaikamahine ke keikimahine	daughter
ka hûnôna	daughter-in-law
Son Back to the Top
ke keikikâne ke kama kâne	son
ka hûnôna kâne	son-in-law
Siblings Back to the Top
ke kaikuahine	sister
ke kaiko`eke wahine	sister-in-law; female cousin-in-law of a female
nâ punalua	wives of brothers and husbands of sisters who call each other punalua, without sexual implications. Formerly, several husbands of one wife or several wives of one husband.
ke kaikuahini, ke kuahini	sister of a boy Like kai`ana and kunâne it may be preceded by o, `o or ko.
ke kaikunâne	brother
ke kunâne, ke kaikunâne	brother of a girl
ke kaiko`eke kâne	brother-in-law male cousin-in-law of a male
ka mua, ka hele mua	older brother or sister
ke kaikua	elder of two brothers or sisters, as the second older than the third, the third older than the fourth, etc. Same as kaikaina, but in reverse.
ke kaikaina	younger of two brothers or two sisters Used by a brother when speaking of a brother, or a sister of a sister. But if a brother speaks of a sister or vice versa, they use kaikunâne.
ke kaikua`ana, ke kaiku`ana (kua`ana: order of two children of the same sex)	older child or cousin of the same sex; child or cousin of the same sex of the senior line, whether older or younger.
ke kaina	younger brother of a boy, younger sister of a girl
Baby Back to the Top
ka pêpê, ka hânau keiki `alu`alu ke keiki `ai walu, ka omo wâ u`i	baby premature baby suckling child
ka mâhoe	twin
nâ `aumâkua	ancestral spirits
Predecessors Back to the Top
ka papa	ancestor, some generations back; native born; race; family
nâ kupuna	grandparents, who served as sources of wisdom and moral standards; ancestors
ke kupuna wahine ke tûtû	grandmother - grandma, Grams, Granny
ke kupuna kâne ke tûtû kâne, ke tûtû, ke kûkû	grandfather - grandpa, Gramps
ke kupuna kuakâhi	great grandparent
ke kupuna kualua	great-great grandparent
ke kupuna kuakolu	great-great-great grandparent
Descendants Back to the Top
nâ mamo	descendants
makua keiki mo`opuna kuakâhi mo`opuna kualua mo`opuna kuakolu	1^st : parent 2^nd: child 3^rd: grandchild 4^th: great grandchild 5^th: great-great grandchild, etc.
ke keiki papa	natives of descendants born in the same place, in contrast to malihini (stranger).
nâ mo`opuna, nâ mo`opuna kuakâhi ka mo`o ku`u mo`o lei ka `alapu`u mo`o	grandchildren grandchild my beloved grandchild scamp (rascal) of a baby grandchild
ke mo`opuna wahine	granddaughter
ke mo`opuna kâne	grandson