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holokū

/ holo.kū / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., A loose, seamed dress with a yoke and usually with a train, patterned after the Mother Hubbards of the missionaries. Cf. the muʻumuʻu, which formerly was not yoked and has no train or seam. Both garments are frequently made of gaily patterned material.

2. n., Cloak (Isa. 59.17), mantle (Hal. 109.29).

3. vs., Evenly plump, stout and symmetrical.

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HO-LO-KU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Some kind of a garment; a long flowing garment. Hal. 109:29. A cloak. Isa. 59.17.

Holoku (hō'-lŏ-kū'), n.

/ hō'-lŏ-kū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A woman's loose outer garment.

holoku’

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

gown, “Mother Hubbard.”

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