hoʻo-
Hawaiian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *faka. Cognate to Tahitian haʻa-, Maori whaka-, etc.
Prefix
edithoʻo-
- forms causative verbs
- forms verbs of pretense
- hoʻokuli (“to feign deafness”)
- forms verbs that carry the meaning of “acting like”
- forms adjectives of similarity
- hoʻokamaliʻi (“childish”)