hoʻo-

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *faka. Cognate to Tahitian haʻa-, Maori whaka-, etc.

Prefix

hoʻo-

  1. forms causative verbs
    malu (“safe”) → hoʻomalu (“to protect; to appease”)
    ākea (“broad”) → hoʻākea (“to broaden”)
  2. forms verbs of pretense
    hoʻokuli (“to feign deafness”)
  3. forms verbs that carry the meaning of “acting like”
    hoʻomikanele
  4. forms adjectives of similarity
    hoʻokamaliʻi (“childish”)

Derived terms
Hawaiian terms prefixed with hoʻo-
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