hōʻalo

Hawaiian

Etymology

From hō- (causative/simulative prefix) +‎ ʻalo (“to dodge”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hoːˈʔa.lo/, [hoːˈʔɐ.lo]

Verb

hōʻalo(transitive)

  1. to shun, to avoid, to escape
  2. to omit, to skip
  3. to alternate

Noun

hōʻalo

  1. omission

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.