The purpose of this list is to give a rough idea of the Hawaiian language. The words listed below are not the most common words, but a broad sampling of words. See the Word Lists page for more details.
| English | Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi) |
| I | au |
| you (singular) | ʻoe |
| he | ʻoia, ia, ʻoia nei, ʻoia ala |
| we | kāua (dual, incl.), kākou (pl., incl.), māua (dual, excl.), mākou (pl., excl.) |
| you (plural) | ʻolua (dual), ʻoukou (pl.) |
| they | lāua (dual), lākou (pl.) |
| this | kēia, ia, ʻoia, nei, neia |
| that | kēnā, nā; kēlā, lā |
| here | maʻaneʻi, eia nei |
| there | laila, malaila, i laila |
| who | wai, ʻo wai, na wai |
| what | aha, he aha, pehea |
| where | aia i hea, ʻauhea, ai hea |
| when | ināhea |
| how | pehea |
| not | ʻaʻole |
| all | āpau, pauloa, pau, papau, like ʻole, puni, holoʻokoʻa, paunui |
| many | nui, lau |
| some | kākaʻikahi |
| other | kekāhi |
| one | kahi |
| two | lua |
| three | kolu |
| four | hā |
| five | lima |
| big | nui, nunui, hālala, māhuahua |
| long | loa |
| wide | ākea, laulā |
| thick | mākolukolu |
| heavy | kaumaha |
| small | iki, liʻi |
| short | pōkole |
| narrow | lāʻiki |
| thin | lahi |
| woman | wahine |
| man (adult male) | kāne |
| man (human being) | kanaka |
| child | keiki, kama |
| wife | wahine |
| husband | kāne |
| mother | makuahine |
| father | makuakāne |
| animal | holoholona |
| fish | iʻa |
| bird | manu |
| dog | ʻīlio |
| louse | ʻuku |
| snake | naheka |
| worm | koʻe, ilo |
| tree | lāʻau, kumulāʻau |
| forest | ulu lāʻau |
| stick | lāʻau |
| fruit | hua |
| seed | ʻanoʻano, hua, hua kanu |
| root | aʻa, mole, weli |
| bark (of a tree) | ʻili, ʻili lāʻau |
| flower | pua |
| rope | kaula, kāwelewele |
| skin | ʻili, ʻaluʻalu |
| blood | koko |
| bone | iwi |
| tail | huelo |
| ear | pepeiao |
| eye | maka |
| mouth | waha |
| tooth | niho |
| tongue (organ) | alelo |
| fingernail | mikiʻao |
| foot | wāwae |
| leg | wāwae |
| knee | kuli |
| hand | lima |
| wing | ʻēheu |
| belly | ʻōpū, hakualo |
| back | kua |
| breast | ū, waiū |
| to drink | inu, inumia, pā |
| to eat | ʻai, ʻai iho, amu, hoʻopiha |
| to bite | nahu, nanahu, ʻaki, ʻaʻaki, ʻakina |
| to blow | pahi, pā, papā, pā makani, ulu, unu |
| to breathe | hanu, aho |
| to cut | ʻoki, hōʻoki, moku, mō, mokumoku, momoku, mokuhia, kālai, kaha |
| to walk | hele wāwae, hele |
| to come | hele mai, mai |
| to wash | holoi |
| to wipe | kāwele, holoi, hoʻokāwele |
| to pull | huki |
| to push | pahu |
| to count | helu, heluhelu, heluna |
| to float | lana, lanalana |
| to flow | kahe |
| to freeze | make anu, hoʻopaʻa i ka hau, makaʻeleʻele |
| sun | lā |
| star | hōkū |
| water | wai |
| river | kahawai, muliwai |
| lake | loko, loko wai, loko paʻakai, moana, moana wai, moana paʻakai |
| sea | kai, moana |
| salt | paʻakai |
| stone | pōhaku |
| sand | one |
| dust | ehu lepo, kuehu, ehu, ʻehu, uahi, lelehuna, lepo ʻaeʻae |
| cloud | ao |
| sky | lani, aouli, lewa |
| wind | makani |
| snow | hau, hau kea |
| smoke | uahi |
| ash | lehu, paʻu ahi |
| road | ala, alanui, ala hele |
| red | ʻulaʻula, ʻula |
| green | ʻōmaʻomaʻo, maʻomaʻo |
| yellow | melemele, lena |
| white | keʻokeʻo, kʻeo, kea |
| black | ʻeleʻele, ʻele, pōʻele, pāʻele, ʻeneʻene |
| day | lā, ao |
| year | makahiki |
| warm | mahana, pumehana |
| cold | anu, anuanu |
| bad | maikaʻiʻole, ʻino, kohole |
| rotten | pilau, palahū, ʻinoʻino, palahō, |
| dirty | lepo |
| straight | pololei |
| round | poepoe, popohe, kūpoepoe |
| sharp (as a knife) | ʻoi, ʻāwini |
| dull (as a knife) | kūmūmū, mūmū, ʻoi ʻole |
| smooth | malino |
| wet | pulu, pulu pē, maʻū, ʻelo, paʻū |
| dry | maloʻo |
| correct | pololei, pono |
| right | ʻākau |