hoʻomakauliʻi
/ hoʻo.makau.liʻi /To seek every detail; to find out even the smallest things, scrutinize.
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- Cf. ex., kōʻalaʻala.
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HOO-MA-KAU-LII
s. One who feigns friendship and eats with one while he watches his opportunity to injure him; one acting with cunning and duplicity.
2. Strong desire for and corresponding effort to obtain a thing.
HOO-MA-KAU-LII
v. To be thorough going; to persevere; to hold out; to have a strong desire for a thing; e hoomanawanui a loaa mai; he kanaka hoomakaulii haku, a nolaila e malama pono i ka waiwai; he hoomakaulii ma ka manao i ke Akua.
Hoomakaulii (ho'o-mă'-kă'u-li'i), adj.
/ ho'o-mă'-kă'u-li'i /Watchful; careful; provident.
Hoomakaulii (ho'o-mă-kā'u-li'i), n.
/ ho'o-mă-kā'u-li'i /1. One who feigns friendship and eats with one while he watches his opportunity to injure him; one acting with cunning and duplicity.
2. Strong desire for and corresponding effort to obtain a thing. Applied to those who take proper care of their resources.
Hoomakaulii (ho'o-mă-kā'u-li'i), v.
/ ho'o-mă-kā'u-li'i /1. To be thoroughgoing; to persevere; to hold out; to have a strong desire for a thing: e hoomanawanui a loaa mai; he kanaka hoomakaulii haku, a nolaila e malama pono i ka waiwai; he hoomakaulii ma ka manao i ke Akua.
2. To be thrifty.
3. To serve a chief in order to obtain favors; to follow; to adhere to for gain; I lako o ua kanaka la, o kana hoomakaulii ana, That man's obedience to the chief is from the favors (lako) he expects; Ua hoomakaulii anei' kakou e ma lama ia ai? Have we been obedient in order to be taken care of? Eia ka manao iloko o ua kanaka la, o kana hoomakaulii ana, o loaa mai ka aina. He kanaka huhu wale, he poe hoomakaulii aina.
hoʻomakauliʻi
One who feigns friendship and eats with another while he awaits an opportunity to injure him; one acting with cunning and duplicity.
ho‘omakauli‘i
thrifty, careful, provident: to economize.
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