Pau Hana

/POW HAH-nah/

Done with work. Quitting time. Happy hour.

Hawaiian for "finished work." It's 5pm. It's Friday. It's the drink after your shift. Pau Hana is both the moment work ends and the unwind that follows. You'll see "Pau Hana specials" at bars and restaurants all over the islands. That's the Hawaii version of happy hour.

Examples

  • What time you pau hana? (What time do you get off work?)
  • Let's go grab pau hana drinks.
  • Pau hana, brah.

Origin

Hawaiian

Alternate spellings

Pay Hana, Pua Hana

essential top-10 work hawaiian-root

Related phrases

Pau

Done. Finished. Over.

Aloha

Hello. Goodbye. Love. The spirit of Hawaii.

Choke

A lot. Tons. Loads of something.

Da kine

The universal placeholder word. Means 'that thing' or 'whatchamacallit' — but it can mean almost anything from context.

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