(HOH-loh-HOH-loh) (v) Pidgin for going out and finding some fun.
Example
English: “Lilinoe, let us get in your car and drive up and down main street and see what others are doing. Perhaps we can meet young men with whom we can converse.”
Pidgin: “Lili! We go holoholo!”
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Curl of wood, easy
like butter. Shave fin, tail, nose,
eye, scale. Free the fish.
~Zader
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Talk story time, pau
for now. Sun sets on Piko
Point. Aloha pō.
~Uncle Kahana
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junkalunka(juhn-KAH-luhn-KAH) (adj) Pidgin description of something that is old, broken down, used up.
Example
English: Perhaps we should borrow your mother’s car since the road is steep and winding and your car tires are bald and the brakes are soft.
Pidgin: Pali road? In that junkalunka thing? No way!
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daikon legs(DYE-kon leh-eggs) (n) Pidgin description of legs that a short, fat, and white.
Example
English: “Interesting choice, Michi-san. Have you seen these floor-length prom dresses?”
Pidgin: “Michi, you blind? That mini shows off your daikon legs!”
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