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kōkua

/ kō.kua / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvt., Help, aid, assistance, relief, assistant, associate, deputy, helper; Counselor (RSV), Comforter (KJV) in Ioane 14:26; co-operation, old term for lawyer before loio was used; to help, assist, support, accommodate, second a motion.

  • Related:
    • Mea kōkua, helper, benefactor, useful, helpful.
    • Kōkua hewa, partner in crime, accessory or accomplice; to aid in wrong doing.
    • Kōkua ma mua i ka mea hewa ma mua o ka hana hewa ʻana, accessory to the offender before the commission of an offense.
    • Hui kōkua kūʻai home, co-operative home purchasing society.

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kōkua

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

See entries below. Lawelawe kōkua. Social services. Mākala kū kōkua. Striated muscle.

KO-KU-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Ko, a brace, and kua, the back. To back or brace up, as a falling house.

2. To assist in business or an undertaking.

3. To help; to help forward; to help one who is poor or in distress.

4. To bind or tie on, as a pa-u or a garment. See KAKUA.

5. To cut; to hew; to grave.

6. In deliberative bodies, to second a motion.

KO-KU-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Help; assistance; what is given in charity; entertainment; hospitality; epithet of the Holy Spirit. Ioan. 14:26. The Comforter.

Kokua (kō'-kū'-a), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Help; assistance; what is given in charity; entertainment; hospitality.

2. The Holy Spirit; the Comforter, as referred to in the Gospel of John.

Kokua (kō'-kū'-a), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ko, contraction, of koo, a brace, and kua back.]

1. To brace up, as a falling house.

2. To assist in business or an undertaking.

3. To help; to help one who is poor or in distress.

4. To bind or tie on, as a garment. Syn: Kakua.

5. In deliberative bodies, to second a motion.

KOKUA

Haw to Eng, Wehiwehi Baibala (1872),

I. Ma ka olelo Helene PARAKELETE. Oia kekahi inoa i kapaia'i o Iesu Kristo, 1 Ioa. 2:1; o kekahi inoa hoi o ka Uhane Hemolele, Ioa. 14:16; 15:26. E nana hoi Luk. 24:49; Ioa. 17:26; Oih. 1:4; Eom. 8:34; Heb. 7:25. O Iesu no ka mea uwao no kakou ma ka lani, a o ka Uhane Hemolele, ka mea e kokua mai a e alakai i na kanaka ma ka oiaio; oia ka mea 'e hoakaka mai i ko ke ao nei i ka hewa, a i ka pono, a me ka hoahewa ana.'

kokua

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

help.

kōkua

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

Assistance.

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