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hoʻohuʻa

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

To insist, persist.

  • Examples:
    • Hoʻohuʻa nohoʻi i ka inu lama, persisting in drinking intoxicants.

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hoʻohua

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

1. To bear fruit, reproduce, produce, yield; to sire or give birth; to swell high, as a wave (UL 36).

  • Examples:
    • Nalu hoʻohua, a swelling wave.
    • Hoʻohua kawowo, a medicine for women to induce conception.
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2. To have as a result, because of, ever since (followed by nō).

  • Examples:
    • Hoʻohua nō ka make ʻana o ka makua kāne, pau kō mākou ʻike ʻana iāia, ever since his father's death, we've never seen him again.
    • Hoʻohua nō i ka huhū ʻana o ke kupuna, ʻo ka hele nō ia, because of his grandparent's anger, he departed.
  • See hua #3, result.

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hoʻo.huʻa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

See -huʻa.

hoʻohua

/ hoʻo•hua / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

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hoʻohua

hamani ｜ transitive verb / hoʻo•hua / Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, In biology. To reproduce.

  • Literally, create offspring.
  • Examples:
    • No kekahi mau lāhulu, he kau kūpono ko lākou no ka hoʻohua ʻana. Some species have a particular season for reproducing.
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HOO-HU-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See HUA, fruit. To cause to swell, as a bud; to produce fruit, as a tree; to bring forth, as a female.

2. To tease or vex by begging; to resort often to one for favors.

3. To persevere in, as in any habit; ke hoohua nei ke noi a na kanaka i kela mea i keia mea; hoohua kanaka i ka inu rama, men persevere in drinking rum.

HOO-HU-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Perhaps hoohuwa, to lengthen out the time. To persevere long; to continue in a practice; to retain a habit, good or bad, especially the latter.

Hoohua (ho'o-hū'-a), v.

/ ho'o-hū'-a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Hoo and hua, fruit.]

1. To cause to swell, as a bud; to produce fruit, as a tree; to bring forth, as a female.

2. To cause to proceed from, as consequences from actions or circumstances, arguments, etc.

hoohua

/ ho'o-hu'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To insist upon for some personal favor, or privilege. Hoohua kekahi poe i ka inu rama.

2. v., To annoy or vex by petty requests.

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ho‘ohua

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

reproduce.

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