Category:Hawaiian terms by usage

Hawaiian terms categorized by the manner and context in which they are used by speakers.

• Category:Hawaiian dated terms: Hawaiian terms that are no longer fashionable, thus are anachronistic.
• Category:Hawaiian endearing terms: Hawaiian terms that are used to show affection or endearment to another person.
• Category:Hawaiian formal terms: Hawaiian terms whose use is typically restricted to polite, ceremonious, non-casual contexts.
• Category:Hawaiian higher register terms: Hawaiian terms belonging to a higher linguistic register, such as literary terms; such terms are somewhat less common or known.
• Category:Hawaiian informal terms: Hawaiian terms whose use is typically restricted to casual, non‐ceremonious conversations.
• Category:Hawaiian nonstandard terms: Hawaiian terms that are considered improper, incorrect or commonly misused.
• Category:Hawaiian offensive terms: Hawaiian terms that are typically considered to offend people.
• Category:Hawaiian poetic terms: Hawaiian terms whose usage is typically restricted to works of poetry.
• Category:Hawaiian short forms: Hawaiian terms that are short forms of other terms, often used informally.
• Category:Hawaiian slang: Hawaiian colloquial terms that are typically used to mark membership in a cultural subgroup.
• Category:Hawaiian terms with archaic senses: Hawaiian terms that are no longer in general use but still encountered in older literature and still sometimes used for special effect.
• Category:Hawaiian terms with historical senses: Hawaiian terms with senses that refer to things or concepts mainly known for their historical value.
• Category:Hawaiian terms with obsolete senses: Hawaiian terms that are no longer in current use, but found in older texts.
• Category:Hawaiian terms with rare senses: Hawaiian rarely used terms or terms with rarely used senses.
• Category:Hawaiian vulgarities: Hawaiian terms whose tone (rather than the meaning) is offensive to polite company.