"It's one community dictionary projeck," explains Tonouchi. "Next to each contributor's word, get their definition and sentence and also get their name, wot school dey went, and wot year dey wen' grad."
Here's a preview of what you'll find in this one-of-a-kind book:
| Blahlah |
slob
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Example: "I went out with this guy and he was dressed like a blalah."
— Suzie Hanakawa
Pearl City, 1990
| Tita |
one tough wahine for get proven wrong tita face |
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Example: "Dat tita going smash yo face if you stick finga at her!"
Female moke. (see also "teeta")
— Keri-lynn Pa'akaula
Kamehameha, 1975
| Face |
for get proven wrong |
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Example: Example: "Face! I told you. You got majorly faced."
— Normie Salvador
Waipahu, 1992
| Hybolics |
intellectual kine words |
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Example: "Ho, Kent and Jeff, da authors of Pidgin Grammar, wuz going off; dey wuz using all kine Pidgin hybolics!"
— Lee A. Tonouchi
Aiea, 1990
K-den. "Da Kine Dictionary" will feature hundreds of common and less-than-common Pidgin terms to help readers brush up on local dialect.
Howzit, da kine and pau are everyday Pidgin words in Hawai'i. But where do you turn when someone springs a new word on you and you're too embarrassed to ask its meaning? In standard English, one turns to a dictionary. Back in 1806, Noah Webster published the first American dictionary. Now, nearly 200 years later, Pidgin English now has its own Noah Webster, in Lee Tonouchi. The Pidgin activist and author of "Da Word" and "Da Jesus Book" is ready to introduce his latest literary endeavor — a Pidgin dictionary.
