ʻuala kahiki

Meaning

Potato (foreign sweet potato); distinguishes it from native sweet potato.

Example sentences

• Mahalo no ka ʻuala kahiki hou a mākou e kālua nei.

  Thank you for the new potatoes we are roasting now.

• Ua kūʻai au i ka ʻuala kahiki no ka ʻaina awakea.

  I bought the potatoes for lunch.

• E ʻākoakoa kākou a ʻai pū i ka ʻuala kahiki i kēia ahiahi.

  Let's gather together and eat potatoes this evening.

About this word

“ʻuala kahiki” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Potato (foreign sweet potato); distinguishes it from native sweet potato. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Culture. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.