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hoki

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n. Mule, ass (Nah. 16.15). (Eng. horse.)

2. vs. Barren, of a woman. Modern.

hō.kī

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Same as hoʻokī. See kī 3.

HO-KI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Eng. An ass; a mule. Nah. 16:15. Hoki keiki, a young ass. NOTE.—Hoki is the Hawaiian pronunciation of the English word horse, which was first used, but afterward lio was applied to a horse, and hoki was applied to the ass and the mule.

Hoki (hō'-ki), n.

/ hō'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A mule. (Hoki is the Hawaiian pronunciation of the English word horse, which was first used; later lio was applied to a horse, and hoki to the ass and the mule. Hoki is now used to designate the mule, while the donkey or ass is called kekake.)

hoki

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

In early times the word was applied to horses (from which it derives), later to donkeys, and still later to mules. A horse is now called lio.

hoki

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Through a strange confusion of the English names, hoki means mule, and miula is the word for jackass (which sometimes receives its proper title, kēka- ke).

hoki

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

mule.

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