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hoʻokolo

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

hamani, Follow-up, tracking; to follow up, track.

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  • Related:
    • Hoʻokolo haumāna. Student follow-up, student tracking.

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HOO-KO-LO

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See KOLO, to creep; to crawl. To cause to creep or crawl along; to walk bent over; to crouch.

2. To approach one with the intention of entering into conversation with him.

3. To draw near to a chief to inform against one.

4. To approach humbly to ask a favor. NOTE.—In ancient times all persons sent for by a chief as suspected or accused of an offense, and all who came to a chief to ask a favor, approached him on their hands and knees, crawling from a distance.

Hookolo (ho'o-kō'-lo), v.

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

[Hoo and kolo, to creep; to crawl.]

1. To cause to creep or crawl along; to walk bent over; to crouch.

2. To approach one with the intention of entering into conversation.

3. To draw near to in a creeping posture.

4. To approach humbly to ask a favor. (In ancient times all persons sent for by a chief as suspected or accused of an offense, and all who came to a chief to ask a favor, approached him on their hands and knees, crawling from a distance.)

5. To follow a trail, track or clew; to follow by footsteps, tracks or signs.

ho‘okolo

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

to crawl along, crouch; to track, trail.

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