Pau

/POW/

Done. Finished. Over.

From Hawaiian, meaning finished or completed. Used constantly. If you're done eating, you stay pau. If the movie ended, it's pau. If someone's been fired, they pau. "All pau?" is how locals ask if you're finished with your plate.

Examples

  • You pau eating? (Are you finished eating?)
  • I'm pau. (I'm done.)
  • All pau? Ya, pau. (All done? Yeah, done.)

Origin

Hawaiian

Alternate spellings

Pouw, All pau

essential top-10 hawaiian-root

Related phrases

Pau Hana

Done with work. Quitting time. Happy hour.

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.

← Back to full dictionary