Maui Pidgin Terms Jagīraddah, I stay too jag to drive. Hemajag can also mean twisted, misaligned, off-center, and more. The term describes something that is literally crooked. ![]() While hemajag is used regularly throughout the state, it’s used most in Moloka’i. Molokai Pidgin Term Hemajagĭid you pluck your eyebrows without a mirror? They look all hemajag. Kauai Pidgen Term Cabbageīrah, after scraping the reef after that last set my back was all cabbage. Others are simply more prominent on a specific island. Some of these phrases are used exclusively on a specific island. As someone who is from and residing in Maui, many pidgin terms standard in other islands are foreign to me. Different parts of Hawaii, use different pidgin words and phrases. This article aims to focus on area-specific or island-specific pidgin. ![]() This article will not try to teach the reader pidgin, which would be a long process. If you have been in Hawaii, hearing pidgin is inevitable.
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