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1. n. Cane, staff, rod; support, means of livelihood; staff in music. He koʻokoʻo haki wale, an easily broken staff [a weak leader]. hoʻo.koʻo.koʻo To push, brace, resist, lean back and brace oneself. (PPN tokotoko.)

2. Var. of kōkoʻo, and likewise followed by numerals and -hia.

3. n. A prayer ending taboos. (Ii 60.)

See kōkua hua mele.

s. A staff; a cane for supporting a weak person; kookoo hao, an iron rod; a rod; a shepherd's crook. Oihk. 27:32. FIG. A stay; a staff; a supporter; that is, means of livelihood. Isa. 3:1.

Kookoo (ko'o-ko'o), n.

/ ko'o-ko'o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A staff; a cane for supporting a weak person; a rod: kookoo hao, an iron rod; a shepherd's crook.

2. Fig. A stay; a supporter; a staff, that is, means of livelihood.

Staff or five lines on which music is written.

I. He kookoo hele, Is. 3:1; Ez. 29:6; he kookoo kahuhipa, Oihk. 27:32; Zek. 11:10-14; he hoailona o ka mana, Hal. 2:9 ; he hoailona kokua, Hal. 23:4.

staff; supporter.

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