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hoʻohaha

/ hoʻo.haha / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

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vt. To beat. See hāhā.

v. See HAHA, to strut. To be obstinate; opinionated.

2. To be proud; high minded; to strut; to act the dandy; to strut, as a cock turkey; he kanaka hoohaha, hookano, haaheo, noho wale, aole hana; he hoohaha kana hele ana; to strut, as a person of consequence. Ier. 48:29.

3. To beat down; to pound; to make hard, as the bottom of a salt pond.

adj. Covered up; shaded; overshadowed, as by clouds; ina i poipu ka lani, a aneane makani ole, he hoohaha ia.

Hoohaha (ho'o-hă'-ha), adj.

/ ho'o-hă'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Covered up; shaded; overshadowed, as by clouds; ina i poipu ka lani, a ane-ane makani ole, he hoohaha ia.

Hoohaha (ho'o-hă'-ha), v.

/ ho'o-hă'-ha / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Hoo and haha, to strut.]

1. To be obstinate; opinionated.

2. To be proud; high minded; to strut; to act the dandy; to strut, as a cock turkey; he kanaka hoohaha, hookano, haaheo, noho wale, aole hana; he hoohaha kana hele ana.

3. To beat down; to pound; to make hard, as the bottom of a salt pond.

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