hōkaka
Maori
editNoun
edithōkaka
Verb
edithōkaka
- to desire, to want, to yearn
- Ko te mea ia i tino hōkaka ai ia, ka haere ia ki a Te Whatuiāpiti, hei hoa mōna. ― What she earnestly desired was to go to Te Whatuiāpiti to be his wife.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- "to desire" in Māori Dictionary, 1998–present