Hawaiian sayings: Exploring the Wisdom of the Islands

Aloha mai kākou – Love one another.

E komo mai – Welcome.

Hoʻokahi kākou – We are one.

ʻOhana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten.

He Hawaiʻi au. – I am Hawaiian.

E hoʻi i ka hale. – Go home.

Mālama i ka ʻāina – Take care of the land.

Pono – Righteousness.

E mālama i kou kaulele ʻana – Take care of your journey.

E hoʻoponopono iāʻoe – Make it right with yourself.

He aliʻi ka ʻāina, he kauwā ke kanaka – The land is chief, man is servant.

Ua ola loko i ke aloha – Love gives life within.

E ʻōlelo pono – Speak the truth.

Mai huli hoʻi i uka i ka pono – Do not turn away from righteousness.

E hele me ka puʻuhonua – Go with peace.

Mai hoʻomāʻūʻū iā kākou – Let us not be divided.

He kanaka ka mea nana i hoʻopulapula – Man is the one who perpetuates.

Haʻina mai ka puana – Tell the ending.

Ua lehulehu a manomano ka ʻike o ka lāhui – The knowledge of the people is vast and varied.

Pua i ka hala – Flower in the hala.

Ua kū hoʻi au i ka hale – I will stand in the house.

Ka malu o ka hale – The shelter of the house.

Haʻahaʻa i ka leo o ko naʻau – Humble yourself.

E hele me ke aloha – Go with love.

Iā ʻoe e nānā i ka lihilihi o ke aloha – Look for love’s corner.

Hawaiian sayings: Exploring the Wisdom of the Islands part 2

No ke hana ia a Ke Akua – Itʻs God’s work.

Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono – The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.

He mea ʻole ke kanaka naʻauao – A wise person is priceless.

E kuʻu lani, kuʻu wāwae i ke ala o ka manaʻo – My heaven, my feet in the path of wisdom.

E hoʻoponopono i kou ʻike – Make your knowledge right.

Huli ka lima i lalo, aloha i kona waʻa – When the hand is turned downwards, give attention to the canoe.

Hoʻi ka iʻa i ke kai, hoʻi ke kanaka i ke aloha. – The fish goes back into the sea, the person goes back into love.

E ola mau ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi – May the Hawaiian language live forever.

Ua mau ke aloha paʻa ʻole a hiki i ka pauʻole – Love is something that never ends.

E hoʻomaopopo i kou pono – Realize your righteousness.

Me ka haʻahaʻa – With humility.

Hānau ʻia aku ka poʻe mākua i nā keiki – The parents give birth to the children.

Ke kula aʻo mai nei mākou – We are learning.

Ke aloha i ka ʻāina – The love of the land.

Ka malama ʻana i ka haku – The care for the chief.

Ua kū haʻaheo mākou – We stand proud.

Aia i ke kō a ke au – The truth lies in the calm sea.

Ua like nō a like – The same, yet different.

Noho i ka hiehie – Sit in splendor.

Mai wale nō a ʻike i ke kō a ke au. – Don’t just see the surface.

Kuʻu ʻāina aloha – My beloved land.

E mālama ana i ka ʻike a me ka naʻau – Take care of knowledge and feelings.

E hoʻoia i ke akamai – Seek knowledge and wisdom.

ʻO ia ana i ka pono o ka lāhui – The key to the prosperity of the people.

E hoʻoulu i ke akamai – Cultivate wisdom.