hoʻo

See also: hoʻo-

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *soko₂ (“to exchange”); compare with Maori hoko (“to barter, to trade”) and Hawaiian hō (“to give, transfer, supply”)

Verb

hoʻo

1. to exchange, trade

   hoʻo mai: to buy, to purchase, to acquire

   hoʻo atu: to sell

   Synonyms: roaʻa, noaʻa

Further reading

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “hoʻo” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.