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1. Reduplication of hao #3, hao #4.

  • References:
    • PPN saʻosaʻo.

2. nvs. Soft meat that can be scooped from young coconuts.

  • Examples:
    • He ʻono ka wai o ka niu haohao (song), delicious is the water of the young coconut with soft meat.

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haʻohaʻo

ʻaʻanostative verb / haʻo.haʻo / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs. Strange, puzzling, astonishing; astonished, puzzled, surprised; to wonder, marvel.

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v. To doubt; to discredit; to distrust a statement.

2. To be troubled in accounting for an event; to be restless; sleepless at night; haohao hoi keia po o'u, aole wau i moe iki. Laieik. 198.

3. To marvel; to wonder. Isa. 63:5. To be astonished. Isa. 52:14.

4. To be in doubt respecting one's character. Gal. 4:20. Haohao hewa, to think or design evil.

5. To seek for; to hunt after; to search.

v. To distribute; to give equally to many; e haawi like me ka puunawe.

v. To dip up with the hands; to measure by handfuls.

s. Disappointment; doubt; uncertainty. Laieik. 105.

adj. Soft; immature, as fruit; as a soft cocoanut.

Haohao (hā'o-hā'o), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Soft; tender; not coarse; milky (applied only to the meat of a young coconut): He ono ka wai o ka niu haohao; the milk of the tender coconut is sweet.

Haohao (ha'o-ha'o), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Disappointment; doubt; uncertainty. (See Laieik. p. 105.)

Haohao (ha'o-ha'o), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To doubt; to discredit.

2. To be troubled in accountng for an event.

3. To be restless; sleepless at night: haohao hoi keia po o'u, aole wau i moe iki. Laieik. p. 198.

4. To marvel; to wonder; to be astonished.

5. To be in doubt respecting one's character: haohao hewa, to think or design evil.

Haohao (hā'o-hā'o), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To distribute; to give equally to many: e haawi like me ka puunawe; to divide and assign in just proportion.

2. To dip or scoop up with the hands.

3. To measure by handfuls.

To wonder at; to be astonished. (Isa. 52:14.)

wonder, marvel

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