anamanaʻo pāloka
hamani | transitive verbhamani, To canvass, i.e. go door to door handing out political information and asking people which candidate they support.
- Literally, ballot poll.
- Examples:
- Manaʻo aku ka meia he pono ke mālama ʻia he anamanaʻo pāloka ma ke kaona e ʻike ai i ka papaha o kōna lanakila ʻana ma ka holo moho hou ʻana. The mayor felt it was necessary to canvass the town to see what his chances would be of winning a re-election bid.
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