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cut-eye n, v • [..Cf Haitian kout je..]
Sambo n1 • [From a personal name of Afr origin; cf..Hausa Sambo]
aa n • orig and still chiefly HI
abuji n • HI
across prep • HI
ae adv • HI
ahana intj • HI
ahi n • HI
ahina adj • HI
ahiu n • HI
aho n • HI
aholehole n • [Haw]
ahupuaa n • HI
aihue adj, v • HI
aikane n • HI
ajusi n • HI
akamai adj • HI
aku n • HI
akua n • HI
akualele n • HI
akule n • HI
ala n • HI
alabia n • HI
alae salt n • HI
alanui n • HI
algaroba n • SW, HI
alii n • HI
all-ee all-ee auction free exclam • sCA, HI
aloha n • chiefly HI though recognized throughout US
aloha party n • HI
aloha shirt n • HI but recognized throughout US
alphabet n • HI
already adv B3 • HI
ama-ama n • HI
amakihi n • [Haw]
angel’s-trumpet n 1 • Sth, CA and HI
any adj C • HI
aole adv • HI
apapane n • [Haw]
ape-ape n • [Haw..]
arigato intj • HI
atsui adj • HI
au n • HI
auau n • HI
auau v • HI
auhuhu n • [Haw ‘auhuhu]
auwaha n • HI
auwaha v • HI
auwai n • HI
auwana n • HI
auwana v • HI
auwe intj • HI
awa n1 • HI
awa n2 • HI
awa-awa adj • HI
bagoong n • HI
bango n • HI
bata n • HI
bayao n • HI
beach morning glory n 1 • chiefly HI
bla n • HI
borinki n • HI
buddhahead n • chiefly HI, also CA
buffalo grass n c • HI
burn v B7 • HI
calabash cousin n • HI
Canuck n • [..from Haw kanaka man..]
catch v B12 • HI
centipede grass n • S Atl, HI
chi-chi n • HI
chop suey n • HI
chorizo n • NW, HI
coast haole n • HI
cornucopia n • HI
crack seed n • HI
da kine phr • HI
Dole’s beard n • HI
dragon’s eye n 1 • HI
e intj • HI
eha n, v, adj • HI
ehu n • HI
ei nei intj • [Haw ei nei or eia nei you there]
eleele adj • HI
ewa adv • HI
eye n2 • [Calque from Haw maka mesh..]
find v B3 • HI
fire v C1b • [Calque from Haw ahi n “fire,” v “to burn”]
for prep B2 • esp freq in Gullah, but also HI creole
garland flower n • HI
ginger lily n • esp HI
go-ahead n 1 • chiefly CA, HI
gohan n • HI
-guys suff • HI
hala n • HI
hale n • HI
halulu adj • [Haw halulu to roar, thunder]
hana n, v • HI
hanahana n, v, adj • HI
hanai n, adj • HI
hanau v • HI
haole n • HI
haole koa n • HI
haolified adj • HI
hapa n • HI
hapai adj • HI
hapai v • HI
hapuu n • [Haw]
hard adj B6 • HI
hau n • HI
hauna v, exclam • HI
haupia n • HI
hele v • HI
hemo v • HI
hikiee n • HI
hiki no phr • HI
hilahila adj, n, v • HI
hill robin n • HI
hilo grass n • HI
hinahina n • HI
holo v • HI
holoku n • HI
holomuu n • HI
honest kine adv phr • HI
honohono n • HI
hoomalimali v, n • HI
how’s it exclam • HI
huhu adj, v • HI
hui n • HI
hui v, intj • HI
hukilau n • HI
hukilau v • HI
hula palm n • HI
huli v • HI
humbug n 4 • esp HI
hybolic adj • HI
iiwi n • HI
ili n • HI
ilima n • HI
ilio n • HI
imu n • HI
inamona n • HI
inia n • HI
io n • HI
ka adv • HI
kaa v • HI
kahala n • HI
kahili n • HI
kahili ginger n • HI
kahuna n • chiefly HI
kahuna v • HI
kai n, adv • HI
kakio n • HI
kala n1 • HI
kala n2 • HI
kalakoa adj, n • HI
kalikali n • HI
kalua v • HI
kamaaina n • HI
kamaboko n • HI
kamani n • HI
kanaka n • chiefly HI
kane n • HI
kapakahi adj • HI
kapu adj • [Haw “sacred, inviolable; prohibited”..]
kapulu adj, adv • HI
kauka n • HI
kaukau n, v • HI
kawakawa n • HI
keiki n • HI
kiawe n • HI
kini n • HI
kinipopo, on the adj phr • HI
ko n • HI
koa n • [Haw]
kokua v, n • HI
kona n • HI
kotonk n • HI
kou n • [Haw]
kukae n, v • HI
kukui n • HI
kuleana n • HI
kulikuli v • HI
kulolo n • HI
kumu n • HI
kupipi n • HI
lace-necked dove n • HI
lanai n • chiefly HI
lauhala n • HI
laulau n • HI
leatherback n 6 • HI
lei n • chiefly HI, but more widely recognized
Lei Day n • HI
lilikoi n • HI
limu n • HI
lolo adj, n • HI
lomi v • HI
lomi salmon n • HI
lua n • HI
luau n • HI
luau n 2 • chiefly HI, but widely recognized
luau foot n • HI
luna n • HI
mahalo exclam • HI
mahimahi n • esp HI
mahope adv • HI
mahu adj, n • HI
mahukona violet n • HI
maikai adj, adv • HI
maile n • HI
maile haole n • HI
maile pilau n • HI
makahiki n • HI
makai adv, adj • HI
make adj, v2, n • HI
makiawa n • HI
makule adj, n • HI
malassada n • HI, seNEng
male v • [Haw pronc-sp for marry]
malihini n • HI
malo n • HI
malolo n • HI
mamani n • [Haw]
mama-san n • HI
manapua n • HI
manienie n • HI
manini adj • HI
manini n • HI
manuahi n, adj • HI
maomao n • HI
mauka adv, adj • HI
median (strip) n 1b • chiefly PA, sNJ; also HI (MAP)
mele n, v • HI
Mele Kalikimaka exclam • HI
menehune n • HI
milkfish n • HI
milo n2 • HI
minor exclam • HI
moana n1 • HI
moaning bird n • HI
moano n • HI
mock orange n 1g • HI
moemoe v, n • HI
moi n • HI
mokihana n • HI
molowa adj • HI
momona adj, n • HI
muumuu n • orig HI, now widely recognized
naio n • [Haw]
nani adj • HI
nene n • [Haw]
nohu n • HI
noio n • HI
nui adj • HI
octopus tree n • esp HI
ohelo n • HI
ohelo-kai n • HI
ohia n1 • HI
oio n • HI
okole n, adv • HI
okolehao n • [Haw ‘ōkolehao try-pot still..]
okole maluna exclam • HI
on prep B12b • [..perh calque of Haw ma on, at]
one adv C2 • HI
one-finger poi n • HI
ono adj, v • HI
ono n • HI
oo n • [Haw ‘ō‘ō]
oopu n • HI
opakapaka n • HI
opala n • HI
opelu n • HI
opihi n • HI
opiopio adj • [Haw]
opu n • HI
package n • HI
pahoehoe n • HI
pake n, adj (pronc) • HI
pali n • HI
palila n • HI
panini n • HI
paniolo n • HI
pão doce n • HI
paopao n • HI
papio n • HI
pau adj (pronc) • HI
pa‘u n (pronc) • HI
pehea oe phr • HI
Pele’s hair n • HI
Pele’s tear n • HI
pia n • HI
pikake n • HI
piko n • HI
pilau n(2), v, adj • [Haw] (MAP)
pili n • HI
pilikia n, adj • HI
pinao n • HI
pine n 2 • chiefly HI
poha n • HI
pohaku n, adj • HI
poho n, v, adj, intj • HI
pohuehue n • HI
poi n • HI
poi dog n • HI
popolo n • HI
Portuguese n, adj • esp sNEng, CA, HI Portagee, Porte(r)gee, Portug(u)ee, Portyg(h)ee (MAP)
pueo n • HI
puka n • HI
pulu n • HI
punee n • HI
pupu n • chiefly HI
pupule adj, n • HI
rain tree n 1 • HI
sai-min n • HI
sashimi n • orig HI, but now more widely recognized
shave ice n • chiefly HI, but now more widely recognized
shell ginger n • HI
shishi n • HI
skipjack n 1k • esp CA, HI
spoon meat n • HI
stay v 3 • HI
stink vine n • HI
sushi n • orig HI, but now widely known
tabi n • esp HI
tapa n • esp HI
tell v C2b • HI creole
them pron B3 • esp Gullah, HI creole
ti n • [Haw kī, earlier, and in many other Polynesian langs, ti]
tita n • HI
too adv • chiefly Gullah; also HI Creole
try v 4 • HI
tutu n • HI
uhi n • HI
uhu n • HI
uka n, adv • HI
uki n • HI
uku n • HI
ula-ula n • HI
ulu n1 • HI
ulua n • [Haw]
unicorn fish n 2 • HI
upapalu n • [Haw]
`u`u n • [Haw]
vog n • HI
wahine n (pronc) • HI
wai n (pronc) • HI
weke n • HI
wikiwiki adj, adv, exclam • HI
wiliwili n • HI
Yobo n • HI
zori n • esp HI, West
chittamwood n • [..shittim is from Heb..]
holly n2 • [Heb challa]
chop n3 • [Hindi chāp stamp, brand..]
kedgeree n • [Var of Hindi kitcheri..]
historic (See also archaic; obsolete; old-fashioned)
Albany beef n • joc; now hist
Albany sleigh n • now hist
alguacil n • now hist
Allegheny skiff n • now hist
ambulance n B1 • now hist
America n B2 • now hist
American adj • now chiefly hist
apishamore n • hist
ark n 1 • now hist
arrastra n • now hist
ayuntamiento n • now hist
bad man n 1 • now hist
bar n1 2 • hist
bark v1 1 • now hist
barking exercise n • now hist
barm n1 • Hist sp barme
bayo n 2 • hist sp ballo
bayou n • hist spp bayoo, bayoue
blanket n 1 • hist
bobolink n • Also chiefly hist forms bob-a-link,..
bold hives n 1 • now hist
bone picker n • hist
Boston n 1 • hist
bouco n • hist
boudin n 1 • hist
bound adj 1 • hist
box rustler n • hist
buck v1 B5b • hist
buck v1 B6a • hist
buffalo bird n 1 • hist
buffet n A1 • Hist or old-fash pronc-spp baufat,..
bull n 3 • hist
bullboat n • hist
bull’s-eye n 1 • hist
bull team n • hist
bull train n • hist
bullwhack v • hist
bullwhacker n • hist
bundle v1 C1 • hist
bungo n • hist
bushwhack v 2 • hist
California bank note n • hist
California collar n • hist
California sock n • hist
canaller n 1 • hist
catalog woman n • now hist
catch on the center v phr 1 • hist
Clamper n • hist
cliff n • hist sp cleft
coal pit n • now hist
coast n 1b • hist
cob-fashion adv • hist
Concord buggy n • hist
Concord coach n • hist
conestoga n 1 • hist
Confederate syrup n • hist
coonjine n • hist
coonjine v • hist
cordelle n, v • hist
corn v 3 • hist
corn chuck n • hist
corncracker n 2 • hist
cornfield school n • hist
corral n 2 • hist
cotton box n • hist
cottonwood ice cream n • hist
coyote house n • hist
crevice v • hist
cross timbers n • hist
crusie n • hist
dropseed n 2 • hist
dry n 1 • hist
dugout n 1 • hist
dumbfish n • hist
Dutch pike n • hist
eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death n • hist
election day n • hist
election sermon n • hist
end town n • hist
essence n 1 • hist
exercise n B • hist
exoduster n 1 • hist
falling exercise n • hist
fandango n 6 • hist
fill v2 • hist
flambeau n 1 • hist
flycatch n • hist
free man of color n • hist
French flat n • hist
frog catcher n • hist
general n C • hist
gold blossom n • hist
half hand n 1 • hist
half horse, half alligator n • hist
high dutcher n • hist
hivernant n • hist
hoggy n 1 • hist
hogweed n 3 • hist
honeydew n 1 • hist
hooper n 1 • hist
horn v 2 • hist
johnnycake board n • hist
juba n 1 • hist
kinnikinnick n 1 • hist
labor n, v • hist
long bit n • hist
loud school n • hist
maverick v 1 • hist
mud wagon n 1 • hist
noon mark n • hist
old-field school n • hist
persimmon n • Hist spp persimon,..pursimond
pinkster n 1 • hist
pocket n 9 • hist
pod n 4 • hist
prate v 1 • hist
quarter hand n 1 • hist
raster n • hist
rawhide v 5 • hist
rawhider n 1 • hist
rimrock v • hist
ripsack n • hist
round forty n • hist
rubber forty n • hist
shadine n 2 • hist
slash fence n • hist
sprout flow n • hist
state Negro n • hist
stick-and-clay chimney n • hist
stretch flow n • chiefly hist
striped pig n • hist
swell-body (sleigh) n • hist
tarantula juice n • hist
team n 1 • hist
tiger n B6 • hist
warbird n • hist
warn v 3 • hist
warning n 2 • hist
whaleback n 2 • hist
white man’s foot n • hist
and prep • [By corr of homophonous in [%Un]..]
cucumber exclam • [From homophony of 2d syll with come]
tobacco exclam • [From homophony of 2nd syllable and back]
kiva n • [Hopi]
Hudson (River) Valley See New York, Hudson (River) Valley
humorous; humorously See jocular
hypercorrect; hypercorrection; also overcorrected; overcorrection
-a • [Once thought to be hypercorrection..]
and indef art • [Perh by overcorrection]
aunt n A1 (pronc) • sometimes considered affected, esp when overcorrected to [ɔnt]
batting n • [.. perh sometimes a hypercorrection for batten]
beholden adj • Also (perh by hypercorrection) beholdin(g)
bigoted adj • [Perh hypercorrection for biggity adj..]
boil n2 • [Hypercorrection of bile..]
creek n2 • [Perh hypercorrection]
dew down v phr • [Alter, by hypercorrection, of jew down to haggle a seller for a lower price..]
earnestly, in adj phr • [By hypercorrection]
-er • perh by hypercorrection
finely adv1 • [Prob by overcorrection]
hardly adv B • [Overcorrection from hard..]
hart n • [Var of hod, perh by hypercorrection]
he pron 3 • ..occurs as a hypercorrection for him in non-stdE in compound objects..
housewife n • [..perh rather a hypercorrect form of hussy n1 B1]
-ing suff B1 (pronc) • Used as a hypercorrect form of |-ən, -ɪn|
Jamestown weed n • a hypercorrect sp for the pronc [ˈɪmsən]
look v A1 • perh by hypercorrection, look at
lowly adj • [Prob hypercorrection..]
mellow v • [..hypercorrect form mellow]
merkel n2 • [..in which case myrtle is a hypercorrection..]
shrivel v2 • [By hypercorrection for swivel..]
steeple n2 • [By hypercorrection; cf staple n1] (MAP)
thrash n3 • rarely, prob by hypercorrection, thresh
awfully lot n • [Hyperurbanism..]
boo n2 • [Hypocoristic form of brother]
bub n2 • [..prob hypocoristic form of brother]
bubba n1 • [Prob hypocoristic form of brother]
bubby n2 • [Prob hypocoristic form of brother..]
bud n2 • [Prob hypocoristic form of brother]
buddy n • [Prob hypocoristic form of brother..]
butty n2 • [butt + hypocoristic -y]
buzz n1 • [Hypocoristic var of brother]
do n1 4 • hypocoristic do(o)-do(o), doody
doody n1 • [Hypocoristic]
fensies exclam • [Prob fens (at fen) + hypocoristic -ies]
hissy n • [Perh hypocoristic form of hysterical..]
hosey v, n • [..perh < holds + hypocoristic -ie..]
icky adj • [Hypocoristic; perh varr of sticky] (MAP)
mam-maw n • [Prob hypocoristic varr of grandma] (MAP)
nana n1 • [Hypocoristic] (MAP)
ninny n2 • [..perh hypocoristic..] (MAP)
nuncle n • Also hypocoristic nunk(s), nunky
pap-pap n • [Hypocoristic]
poly-woly n • [Hypocoristic var of roly-poly]
pop-pop n • [Hypocoristic] (MAP)
potty mouth n • [Prob from potty hypocoristic for pot n 4..]
-sie suff • Used to form diminutives or hypocoristic nouns
ta-ta exclam • [Hypocoristic..] (MAP)
titty n1 • [Perh Scots, nEngl colloq or hypocoristic titty sister..]
-y suff1 3 • Added to nouns to form hypocoristic or familiarized nouns