HOO-KA-MA
v. See KAMA, a child. To adopt, as a child; to make the child of another one's own.
HOO-KA-MA
s. An adopted child.
Hookama (ho'o-kă'-ma), adj.
/ ho'o-kă'-ma /Pertaining to adoption: O Luhi ka'u keiki hookama, Luhi is my adopted child.
Hookama (ho'o-kă'-ma), n.
/ ho'o-kă'-ma /1. An adopted child.
2. The state of being an adopted child.
Hookama (ho'o-kă'-ma), v.
/ ho'o-kă'-ma /[Hoo and kama, a child.]
To adopt, as a child; to make the child of another one's own.
hoʻokama
Adopted child, more like a godchild. Adopting parents might assume some or none of the childʻs or personʻs physical care. No adoptive papers were prepared as was often done in later times for a hānai child. (KILO.)
ho‘okama
to adopt, as a child.
hoʻokama
1. To adopt. O’Brien v. Walker, 35 Haw. 104, 128-129 (1939). 2. “In Hawaii and until changed by statute, adoption was by contract and if a child was taken by the adopting parents as their hookama, it became the heir of its adopting parents. If, on the other hand, it was taken merely as a hanai, it was a foster child without the right to inherit. A hookama was at no time deemed to be of the blood of its adopting parents. A child of the blood or the issue of its parents was designated as a keiki ponoi, a third and closer relationship apparently not recognized by my associates.” O’Brien v. Walker, 35 Haw. at 139. (Coke, C.J., dissenting in part, concurring in part.) 3. Foster child. Pertaining to adoption; an adopted child; the state of being an adopted child; to adopt, as a child (AP). 4. To make the child of another one’s own (AP).
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