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n.v. Sailor; to sail to foreign lands. Kauwō ulupau ka holokahiki, the sailor drags anchor everywhere.

holokahiki

/ HO-LO-KA-HI-KI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Holo and kahiki, a foreign country. Epithet of a Hawaiian sailor who has visited foreign countries; ua tausani paha na holokahiki no Hawaii aku, there were thousands perhaps of sailors from Hawaii: o Lehua ka inoa o ka holokahiki nana i hoolike iwaena o Vanekouva ame Kamehameha, Lehua was the name of the sailor to foreign countries who interpreted between Vancouver and Kamehameha.

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Holokahiki (hō-lŏ-kă'-hī-ki), n.

/ hō-lŏ-kă'-hī-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Holo, to sail, and kahiki, a foreign country.] A Hawaiian sailor who has visited foreign countries: Ua tausani paha na holokahiki no Hawaii aku, there were thousands perhaps of sailors from Hawaii; O Lehua ka inoa o ka holokahiki nana i hoolike iwaena o Vane-kouva ame Kamehameha, Lehua was the name of the sailor to foreign countries who interpreted between Vancouver and Kamehameha. See holomoku.

Sailor; to sail to other lands.

Hawaiian sailor voyaging to foreign lands.

E huli iā “holokahiki” ma Ulukau.

Search for “holokahiki” on Ulukau.

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