hoʻokūkū
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hoʻokūkū
/ hoʻo.kū.kū /1. Contest, game, match; to hold a contest, compete, compare; to place evenly, as canoes about to race (hoʻokūkū like i nā waʻa).
- Examples:
- Hoʻokūkū, hīmeni, song contest.
- Ko hoʻokūkū ʻana, the comparison.
- Nānā a hoʻokūkū, to make comparisons.
2. To fit, as a garment; a fitting.
- Examples:
- ʻO ka hoʻokūkū ka malo aliʻi, fitting the royal loincloth.
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hoʻokūkū
hamani, To compare.
- Source:
- Examples:
- E hoʻokūkū ʻoe i kēia mau pūʻolo manakō. ʻO ka pūʻolo hea ka mea i ʻoi aku kōna kaumaha? Compare these bags of mango. Which bag is heavier?
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hoʻokūkū
kikino/hehele, Tournament, in sports.
- Source:
- Niʻihau.
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hookuku
/ HOO-KU-KU /1. v., See kuku, stuffed with food. To eat to uncomfortable fullness; to stuff with food.
2. To have a sufficiency; to eat enough.
3. To eat food voraciously; applied to many eating together; applied to one person it is hoonuu.
4. To try or fit on, as a garment.
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hookuku
kikino ｜ noun / HOO-KU-KU /s., Fullness of food; over eating.
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hookuku
ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / HOO-KU-KU /1. adj., Full, as with food; satiated.
2. Fitted; having a resemblance.
3. See ku, to stand. A standing up, as in the practice of boxing. Laieik. 46.
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hookuku
ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / ho'o-kŭ'-kū' /1. adj., Full. as with food; satiated.
2. adj., Fitted; having a resemblance.
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hookuku
kikino ｜ noun / ho'o-kŭ'-kū' /n., [Hoo and freq. of ku, to stand.] A standing to measure; fitting; a measuring of anything by comparison with something else.
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hookuku
kikino ｜ noun / ho'o-ku'-ku' /n., Same as hokuku, fullness, etc.
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hookuku
/ ho'o-kū'-kū' /1. v., To examine in order to ascertain re-semblances or differences.
2. v., To cause to come or stand up to-gether in order to test quality, as competitors in feats of skill, strength, etc.
3. v., To try or fit on, as a garment.
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hoʻokukū
To eat to uncomfortable fullness, eat voraciously.
ho‘oku’ku’
a fitting, measuring; to compete.
ho‘oku‘ku’
a fitting, measuring; to compete.
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