Read The Ohana Online

Authors: CW Schutter

The Ohana (37 page)

BOOK: The Ohana
11.87Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
ads
Glossary of Foreign Terms
 

Hawaiian

 

ahui hou: Till we meet again

alii: Royalty

aloha: goodbye, hello, love, mercy, alas, kindness, regards

auwe: Oh no!

hanai: give up a child for adoption

hapai:  pregnant

haole
: white people

hapa
haole
: half white

Kamaaina
: born and raised in Hawaii, or someone who has lived in Hawaii for a long time

kanaka: Hawaiian

kaukau: food

keikis: children

luna
: overseer

mahalo: Thank you

mai pake: leprosy

makei: die

ohana: family

okelehao
: homemade booze, firewater

okole:  rear end

pakalolo: marijuana, literally crazy (lolo) grass (paka)

Pake: Chinese

pau: finished

pilau: dirty

pupule: crazy

pupus: appetizers

wahine: woman

 

Japanese

 

bachi: karma

bento: lunch

furo: hot tub

futons
: quilts, comforters used as beds and/or blankets

hakugene: white person

hana fuda
: Japanese cards

issei: first generation Japanese in America

kamikaze: suicide pilots. In Hawaii, a Japanese girl who committed social suicide by dating whites

kami sama: god

musubi: rice balls

nisei: second generation Japanese-Americans

oba chan: old lady

omiyaga: a gift in return for a gift given

sama: used when someone of a lower class addresses someone in the upper classes, address of respect.

san: generic form of address, substitute for Miss, Mrs., Mr.

sansei: third generation

Sayonara
: goodbye

sensei
:  teacher

shimpai: arranged marriage

tanomoshi: informal bank, pooled money used for investments

zabutons
: large cushions

 

Korean

 

Abeoji:  Father

Dong-seng
: Younger sister

Eomeoni: Mother

Kim chee: pickled vegetables

Halmoni: grandmother

Harabeoji
: grandfather

Jjimjilbang
: hot tub

Nam-Pyeon
:  husband

Oppa
:  Older brother

Yobo: Korean, Honey

 

Chinese

 

Joss: luck

 

Pidgin English terms

 

 

brah, bruddah: brother

 

Website:

 

www.cwschutter.com

www.theohanabook.com

 

Catch me on Twitter

 

 

Contents
 

 

PROLOGUE

PART ONE THE FIRST GENERATION

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

PART TWO THE SAMURAI WOMAN

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

THE SECOND GENERATION

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-one

Chapter Twenty-two

Chapter Twenty-three

Chapter Twenty-four

Chapter Twenty-five

Chapter Twenty-six

Chapter Twenty-seven

Chapter Twenty-eight

Chapter Twenty-nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-one

Chapter Thirty-two

Chapter Thirty-three

Chapter Thirty-four

Chapter Thirty-five

PART THREE THE THIRD GENERATION

Chapter Thirty-six

Chapter Thirty-seven

Chapter Thirty-eight

Chapter Thirty-nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-one

Chapter Forty-two

Chapter Forty-three

Chapter Forty-four

Chapter Forty-five

Chapter Forty-six

Chapter Forty-seven

Chapter Forty-eight

Chapter Forty-nine

Chapter Fifty

Epilogue

Glossary of Foreign Terms

Contents

 

 

BOOK: The Ohana
11.87Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
ads

Other books

Bad by Nicola Marsh
William and Harry by Katie Nicholl
The Girl from Krakow by Alex Rosenberg
Soldier for the Empire by William C Dietz
Days by James Lovegrove
Deadfolk by Charlie Williams
Convicted by Aleatha Romig
I'm Holding On by Wolfe, Scarlet