hoʻo-

Hawaiian

Alternative forms
  • hōʻ-, hō-, hōʻ-, hoʻ-, ho-

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *faka-. Cognate to Tahitian haʻa-, Maori whaka-, etc.

Prefix

hoʻo-

  1. forms causative verbs
    hoʻomalu, hoʻākea, hoʻopunipuni
  2. forms verbs of pretense
    hoʻokuli (“to feign deafness”)
  3. forms verbs that carry the meaning of acting like
    hoʻomikanele
  4. forms adjectives of similarity
    hoʻokamaliʻi (“childish”)

Derived terms
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