![]() ![]() A successor of sorts to the "Pidgin To Da Max" series of the 1980s, the book contains about 360 pidgin words, their meaning, sentences using the words and, when relevant, word origins. "Da Kine Dictionary," some four years in the making, began hitting bookstore shelves several weeks ago. "Pidgin Guerrilla" Lee Tonouchi has unleashed his latest weapon in the fight to keep pidgin thriving and relevant in a Hawai'i where the youth are as influenced by the language they hear on MTV as the talk-story they have with Moki and Lito down the street. Kimo, I like sample your taro bread, jus' one slice. Ho, you no tink she get nuff tuna cans on top her arm?įor go share one small part of food or jrink. I went out with this guy and he was dressed like a blalah.Īs dah fat kine Hawaiian bracelet, look like da size of one tuna can. Words, definitions and sentences courtesy of "Da Kine Dictionary," compiled and edited by Lee A. ![]() Different meaning from tita, which is a female moke. Ho cuz, wazzup?! Eh, I nevah reckanotice you. Reckanotice: Recognize and notice all one time. You tink you can surf good? You cannot keep up wit me, you randol. Da frickin' phones don't stop ringing dey making me all irkatated. Irkatated: To be irked, irritated, pissed off. Instead, da buggah gave us da following, which he wen call "Five words Lee wen learn." We wen ask Lee Tonouchi fo' geev us his five fav'rit Pidgin words. ![]()
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