Aloha.

As some of you may know I have been very fortunate to have traveled to your state twenty times on business trips. I know, it is a tuff job, but someone has to do it.

The subject came up at my office the other day that many people in the Aloha State live their lives wearing "Flip Flops". That brought up the question about the term that "Flip Flops" are known by around the world? If one Goggles the term one will get over 20,400,000 hits

So I am curious. What is the Hawaiian name for "Flip Flop"?

Mahalo,
Matt

 

i dont know the actual word in the Hawaiian language, but many people call them slippers, slippas. Japanese Americans also call them Zodees. Hopefully someone here can help you better then me

 

agreed. i looked up the word in an onlie hawaiian dictionary and it pulled up the following:
kāma'a pale wāwae or pale wāwae

 

did u want the actual hawaiian name or what the local people call them?

bouford listed the actual hawaiian name and kikicha listed the normal name that we call them by-slippers.

 

i call them... scotts!! nuff said.

 

rubbah slippahs brah

 

SLIPPAHS! gotta have the "ah" at the end.

Anyway, don't call them thongs (west coster term) as people here get seriously confused thinking underwear. Flip flops is ok, people will know what you mean, but will also know you aren't from here.

 

I've never heard thongs, and ive lived all my life in socal, norcal, and oregon.

 

there's that store in Ward Warehouse that's called "Thongs n Things". I used to think they sold underwear till I looked inside

 

so whats inside the thong? Must have been good ah! Lol