(of a person) Descended from the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact. / Of or having to do with the Hawaiian race, culture, or language.

The Hawaiian language.

(countable) A descendant of the peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands prior to European contact. / (countable) A native or resident of the state of Hawaii in the United States of America.

plural of Hawaiian

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of Hawaiianize

To make Hawaiian

simple past tense and past participle of Hawaiianize

present participle of Hawaiianize

The quality, state or characteristics of being Hawaiian.

(uncountable, sometimes derogatory, slang) A notional system of time which others sometimes derogatorily ascribe to Hawaiians, and which they sometimes jocularly ascribe to themselves, to account for their supposed tendency to be leisurely, not rigorous about scheduling, and often tardy.