HOO-KAU-KAU
v. See KAU, to put upon. To put up; to ascend upon; to cause to arise; to lift up a thing, as a child in putting him on a horse.
2. To gather, as clouds before a rain.
HOO-KAU-KAU
s. See above. The gathering of clouds before a rain regarded as a sign of foul weather.
Hookaukau (ho'o-kă'u-ka'u), n.
/ ho'o-kă'u-ka'u /Gathering of clouds before a rain, regarded as a sign of stormy weather.
2. An assembling.
3. A placing upon. See hookau.
Hookaukau (ho'o-kă'u-ka'u), v.
/ ho'o-kă'u-ka'u /[Freq. of hookau.]
1. To put upon; to ascend upon; to cause to arise; to lift up a thing, as a child in putting him on a horse.
2. To gather, as clouds before a rain: E ua mai ana paha, ke hookaukau ae la na ao, Likely it will rain; the clouds are piling up.
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