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Hawaiian Language Dictionaries

Hawaiian Dictionary by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert
Call Number: PL6446 .P795 1986 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
ONLINE VERSION
Wehewehe
Online Hawaiian Dictionaries via Ulukau
Wehewehe Wikiwiki (Wehe²wiki²)
Online Hawaiian Dictionaries via UH Hilo

Mamaka Kaiao: a modern Hawaiian vocabulary by Komike Hua'olelo
Call Number: PL6446 .M36 2003 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference-behind circulation desk)
ONLINE VERSION
New Pocket Hawaiian Dictionary by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert; Esther T. Mookini (Contribution by); Yu M. Nishizawa (Contribution by)
Call Number: PL6446 .P84 1992 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Illustrated Hawaiian Dictionary by Kahikahealani Wight; Robin Yoko Racoma (Illustrator)
Call Number: PL6446 .W54 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Dictionary of the Hawaiian Language
Call Number: PL6446 .A57 2003 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Place Names of Hawaii by Mary Kawena Pukui; Samuel H. Elbert; Esther T. Mookini
Call Number: DU622 .P79 1976 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st floor)
ONLINE VERSION
OR Search via Hawaiian Dictionaries Tip: Under CUSTOMIZE SEARCH, select PLACE NAMES OF HAWAII
Treasury of Hawaiian Words in One Hundred and One Categories by Harold W. Kent
Call Number: PL6446 .K46 1993 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
A Dictionary of Hawaiian Legal Land-Terms by Paul F. Nahoa Lucas
Call Number: KFH126.A68 D53 1995 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference-behind circulation desk)
He buke wehewehe huaʻōlelo Baibala me nā palapala ʻāina a me nā kiʻi = A dictionary of Biblical words with maps and pictures by translated by E.W. Clark
Call Number: BS440 .C52 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Ke ao nani : he puke huaʻōlelo 1000
Call Number: PL6446 .H68 2012 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Teaches Hawaiian words for everyday things through word and picture association.

Online Classes (Continuing Education)

Niuolahiki Online Hawaiian Language Courses
ʻAha Pūnana Leo
Kūlaiwi: Hawaiian language lessons (free)
Kamehameha Schools video series; 30 lessons
Aʻo Makua Distance Learning
Kamehameha Schoolsʻ online courses on Hawaiian history, culture, and language
ʻŌiwi TV - Ka Leo ʻŌiwi Hawaiian Language Learning series
Mango Languages at the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System: Free online Hawaiian language lessons
The Hawaii State Public Library System offers patrons (HSPLS card holders) online Hawaiian language lessons, for free, via Mango Languages. Mango provides self-paced learning, speech recording, social and cultural notes and more. Of note, Mango is enabled for mobile devices.

New users will have to create a profile with an email address and a password.
duoLingo: Learn Hawaiian (free)
duoLingo offers self-paced, game-like lessons that are available online for free. Learn on-the-go with the duoLingo app.

Additional Resources

Hawaiian Language Crossword Puzzles, Word Search Puzzles, etc.
Click "View/Open" to download the PDF of the book.
Ka Olelo a me ke Kanawai: The Language and the Law
King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Centerʻs Online Exhibit

Reference Books

Hawaiian Language Imprints, 1822-1899: a bibliography
Call Number: Z7112.H38 J84 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference-request at Circulation Desk)
A bibliography of titles published in Hawaiian from 1822-1899
The Hawaiian Newspapers by Esther Moʻokini
Call Number: Z6953.5.H3 M66 1974 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
ONLINE VERSION

Hawaiian Language Fonts & Keyboards

Click on "Macintosh" or "Windows" links to read more about the fonts, keyboards, and other resources that are available for download from Kualono.

Reference Grammar of the Hawaiian Language

He Papa Kuhikuhi Pilina ‘Ōlelo
Online grammar book

Textbooks @ KCC

Ka Lei Ha'aheo by Alberta P. Hopkins
Call Number: PL6445 .H66 1992 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
A copy for Japanese speakers can be found in the JAPAN COLLECTION. Call #: PL6445 .H6616 1997
Hawaiian Language Fundamentals by Hokulani Cleeland
Call Number: PL6443 .C54 2006 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Hawaiian Grammar by Samuel H. Elbert; Mary Kawena Pukui
Call Number: PL6443 .E37 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
ONLINE VERSION
Conversational Hawaiian by Samuel H. Elbert [and] Samuel A. Keala
Call Number: PL6445 E4 1965 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Reference-behind circulation desk)
Spoken Hawaiian by Samuel H. Elbert
Call Number: PL6443 E4 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
ONLINE VERSION
Learn Hawaiian at Home by Kahikahealani Wight
Call Number: PL6443 .W544 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
The Voices of Eden: a History of Hawaiian Language Studies by Albert J. Schutz
Call Number: PL6441 .S38 1994 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
ONLINE VERSION

Audio-Visual Resources

Ka Leo Hawaiʻi Radio Program (1972-1988)
A Hawaiian language radio program. Host Larry Kimura interviews native speakers.
Ka Leo Hawaiʻi Radio Program (1991-2000)
A weekly Hawaiian language radio program co-hosted by Puakea Nogelmeier, Tuti Kanahele, and Hauʻoli Akaka.
Clinton Kanahele Collection (BYUH)
Audio of Hawaiian language interviews + transcripts
ʻŌiwi TV
Hawaiian language programming.
Ka Lālā Ola - Kamehameha Schools
Ka Lālā Ola is a video showcase of cultural programs sponsored by Kamehameha Schools and other community organizations. Its purpose is to record Hawaiian cultural presentations, conversations and events, and to share them with the community and succeeding generations of Hawaiians.
Nā Mele a me Nā Moʻolelo o Maui: Ka Moʻolelo o ka Makani Kāʻili Aloha
Kīʻope Raymond discusses the song "Ka Makani Kāʻili Aloha" with mānaleo. A production of Maui Community College Media Center. (via ʻUluʻulu: the Henry Kuʻualoha Moving Image Archive of Hawaiʻi)
Lau Nehenehe - Storytime for the Ohana
Produced for ʻŌiwi TV by Kamehameha Publishing and presented in both ʻōlelo Hawaii and English, Lau Nehenehe brings to life some of Hawaiʻi's popular children's titles through animation, imagination, sound and story.

Mānaleo (Television Program)

A selection of streaming episodes of Mānaleo, a television program featuring native speakers.

To find similiar videos, search MANALEO VIDEORECORDING in the library catalog.

Mea 'ai
Host, Hailama Farden ; native speaker host, Ipo Wong, Melelani Pang, ʻElikapeka Kauahipaula. The panel shares their stories on food and demonstrate how to make laulau and lūʻau stew.
Lei hulu
The panel shares with the viewers different varieties of feather leis as well as discuss other uses of feathers.
Ke Kupuna
The Kūpuna share their knowlege of the importance of Kūpuna in the schools and homes. They discuss the No Child Left Behind Act. They also answer numerous phone calls.
Kawai Cockett
Kawai Cockett talks about working with children, his music, shares stories with the panel and performs songs.
Lā Lei
A Lei Day special. The panel talks about lei and show a variety of lei.

Books in Hawaiian @ KCC

Folktales of Hawaii = He Mau Kaʻao Hawaiʻi by Mary Kawena Pukui (Compiled by)
Call Number: GR110.H38 P85 1995 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Hawaiian and English.

Hawaiian Language ebooks via Ulukau.org

The following are just a selection of what is available. Also browse Hawaiian language picture books in the PL 6445 section of the Hawai'i & Pacific Collection.

Use these search terms in the Library's Online Search Tool to locate more materials:

HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE READERS
HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE TEXTS

Ka Mooolelo Hawaii by Sheldon Dibble
Call Number: DU625 .K36 2005 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
ONLINE VERSION
"Ka Mooolelo Hawaii, printed in 1838, is the ﬁrst book credited to Native Hawaiian writers, the ﬁrst history of the islands published in the Hawaiian language, and the ﬁrst concentrated effort to commit Hawaiian oral traditions to paper."
Ka ʻOihana Lawaia = Hawaiian Fishing Traditions by A. David Kahaulelio; Puakea Nogelmeier
Call Number: SH319.H3 K34 2006 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Hawaiian and English.
Keaomelemele by Moses Manu (Translator); Mary Kawena Pukui (Translator); Puakea Nogelmeier (Editor)
Call Number: GR110.H38 K43 2002 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Hawaiian and English.
Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii by Martha Beckwith (Editor)
Call Number: GN671.H3 K46 2007 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Hawaiian and English.
Kohala Kuamoʻo: Naʻeole's Race to Save a King by Kekaulelenaeole A. Kawaiae; Aaron A Kawaiae (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.K393 Koh 2010 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Hawaiian and English.
The O'ahu Exploits of Kamapua'a, the Hawaiian Pig-God by Collette L. Akana-Gooch (Editor and Translator)
Call Number: BL2620.H3 O34 2004 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
A translation of the Oʻahu section of a legend which was published serially in the Hawaiian language newspaper Ka leo o ka lahui from June 22 to September 28, 1891.
Hawaiian text and English translation.
Buke ʻoihana lapaʻau me nā ʻapu lāʻau Hawaiʻi = Book of medical practices and Hawaiian prescriptions by edited by Thomas (Kamaki) P. Spencer
Call Number: GN477.4 .B85 2003 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Ka buke moʻolelo o Honorable Robert William Wilikoki = The biography of the Honorable Robert William Wilcox by Thomas K. Nakanaela
Call Number: DU627.17.W55 N34 1999 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Ka hoʻoilina: puke pai ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi = The legacy : journal of Hawaiian language sources
Call Number: PL6448.A1 H6 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
ONLINE VERSION
The first bilingual journal to make archival Hawaiian language materials accessible to the general public
Ka hoʻokahuli aupuni kaulana o 1893 : kaua kūloko ma Honolulu, Ianuari 7, 1895 = The famous overthrow of 1893 : civil war in Honolulu, January 7, 1895
Call Number: DU627.2 .H66 2000 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Facsimile reprint with new introduction. First published by Papapai Mahu Press Pub. Co., 1895.
Na Mele Aimoku, Na Mele Kupuna, A Me Na Mele Ponoi O Ka Moi Kalakaua I by Kalakaua
Call Number: GR385.H3 K14 2001 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
ONLINE VERSION
Prefatory matter in English; text in Hawaiian.
O Na Holoholona Wawae Eha O Ka Lama Hawaii= The four-footed animals of Ka Lama Hawaii by Esther T. Mookini (Editor, Translator); William Richards (Translator); Alonzo Chapin (Illustrator)
Call Number: QL706 .K34 1985 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
A reprint and translation of a series of articles on four-footed animals published in 1834 in Ka Lama Hawaii.
Engish and Hawaiian on opposite pages.
Huakai Makaika a Kaupo, Maui by Thomas K. Maunupau
Call Number: DU624.5 .M3813 1998 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
As published in Ka Nupepa kuokoa, June 1, 1922-March 15, 1923 / edited by Naomi Noelaniokoʻolau Clarke Losch ; translated by Mary Kawena Pukui and Malcolm Naea Chun
He moolelo no Kapaahu by Emma Kauhi
Call Number: DU629.P86 K38 1996 (Hawaiʻi & Pacific Collection-1st Floor)
Stories cover the author's life in Kapaahu in the Puna District of the island of Hawaii during 1916-1935. The land has since been covered by the 1986 Kilauea lava flow.