Peanut butta jelle! MauiĪlanka Lanka Lele. The following phrases are usually used as a reaction to misbehaving children. In a recent UH study, the following phrases are used throughout different islands. I will give you ten snake eye for two talanks.Īll of these words describe large glass marbles regularly played with by children in a culturally accepted form of gambling. Island of Hawaii Talankos, Tangraras, Tantolos, Talanks While the people described as murf may or may not be considered muscular, they are always large. While the term Murf can be attributed to animals, it’s usually used to describe large people. Verbĭon’t look that Murf in the eye unless you like get pounded. Kaweka has been lifting and now he’s super Murf. Its playful nature allows one to communicate the observation of disorientation in others, without sounding too crude or offensive. Jag is a great term to use when anyone is acting somewhat foolish or strange. The term jag differs from a drunk in that it does not tend to carry a negative connotation in the same tier as drunk. While this word is occasionally figurative, it’s primarily used to describe drunkenness. Maui Pidgin Terms Jagīraddah, I stay too jag to drive. Hemajag can also mean twisted, misaligned, off-center, and more.
The term describes something that is literally crooked. While hemajag is used regularly throughout the state, it’s used most in Moloka’i. Molokai Pidgin Term Hemajagĭid you pluck your eyebrows without a mirror? They look all hemajag. Kauai Pidgen Term Cabbageīrah, after scraping the reef after that last set my back was all cabbage. Others are simply more prominent on a specific island. Some of these phrases are used exclusively on a specific island.
As someone who is from and residing in Maui, many pidgin terms standard in other islands are foreign to me. Different parts of Hawaii, use different pidgin words and phrases. This article aims to focus on area-specific or island-specific pidgin. This article will not try to teach the reader pidgin, which would be a long process. If you have been in Hawaii, hearing pidgin is inevitable.
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