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hoʻokilo

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

Thin, wasted.

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v. See KILO and HAKILO, to look earnestly. To spy; to evesdrop or overhear; to act as a spy upon those who do wrong; e hookilo i ka hewa.

2. To watch, as one who is doing wrong; to watch slily.

v. To grow thin and spare; to waste away, as one in the consumption; hookilo kino ole, wiwi.

Hookilo (ho'o-kī'-lo), adj.

/ ho'o-kī'-lo / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Thin, wasted in flesh by illness.

Hookilo (ho'o-kī'-lo), v.

/ ho'o-kī'-lo / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Hoo and kilo or hakilo, to look earnestly.]

1. To spy; to eavesdrop or overhear; to act as a spy upon those who do wrong; e hookilo i ka hewa.

2. To watch, as one who is doing wrong; to watch slyly.

3. To act the part of a kilo or one skilled in magic.

4. To grow thin; to waste away, as one in the consumption; hookilo kino ole, wiwi.

Wasted in flesh by illness; to waste away, as by consumption.

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