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nvs., White person, American, Englishman, Caucasian; American, English; formerly, any foreigner; foreign, introduced, of foreign origin, as plants, pigs, chickens; entirely white, of pigs (Malo 37; perhaps Malo actually means of foreign introduction). References in traditional literature are few, but these have been noted: He haole nui maka ʻālohilohi (FS 201), a big foreigner with bright eyes [referring to Kamapuaʻa, the pig demigod].

• Examples:
  • Hānau ke poʻo haole, he haole kēlā (KL. line 505), born was the stranger's head, that was strange.
  • Hoʻokahi o Tahiti kānaka, he haole (Kualiʻi chant, For. 4:375) only one people in Tahiti, foreigners.
  • ʻĀina haole, foreign land.
  • ʻŌlelo haole, European language, especially English.
• Related:
  • hoʻohaole Caus/sim.; To act like a white person, to ape the white people, or assume airs of superiority [often said disparagingly, especially of half-whites].
    • Hoʻohaole ʻia, Americanized, Europeanized; to have become like a white person or have adopted the ways of a white man.
• References:
  • See kolea #1.
  • Marquesan haoʻe is probably a loan from Hawaiian.

adj., White; he keokeo; ina i keokeo ka hulu o ka puaa a puni, he haole ia puaa; he puaa haole.

1. s., See the above derivation. A person with a white skin; hence, a foreigner; but Hawaiians say haole eleele for a negro.

2. A person from a foreign country; an alien. NOTE.—The foreigners who arrived first at the islands were white persons.

1. adj., White: he keokeo; ina i keokeo ka hulu o ka puaa a puni, he haole ia puaa; he puaa haole.

2. adj., Foreign; belonging to another country.

1. n., A person with a white skin; hence, a foreigner; but Hawaiians say haole eleele for negro.

2. n., A person from a foreign country; an alien, especially one of Anglo-Saxon stock. (The foreigners who arrived first in the islands were white persons.)

White person of any nationality (German, American, Portuguese, Frenchman, Englishman, etc.); formerly, a person from any foreign country; alien.

Formerly a foreign person. Now commonly applied to whites (Caucasians): French, Portuguese, American, German, Scandinavian, and others.

white, foreign

Foreign; belonging to another country (AP).