haole

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A non-Hawaiian, usually specifically a white.

Etymology
. The word pre-dates contact with Europeans. A popular folk etymology analyzes the word as, referencing the fact that foreigners did not know the traditional greeting, which involves simultaneous inhalation. However, such a derivation is unlikely: haole lacks the ā and glottal stop that would be expected if this were the origin of the word.

Noun

 * 1) foreigner
 * 2) Caucasian
 * 3) Englishman, Englishwoman, American

Verb

 * 1)  foreign
 * 2)  Caucasian, white
 * 3)  English, American
 * ʻōlelo haole — English language