hoʻo-

• hōʻ-, hō-, hoʻ-, ho-, haʻa-, hā-, ha-

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌho.ʔo./

hoʻo-

1. forms causative verbs

   ‎hoʻo- + ‎malu (“safe”) → ‎hoʻomalu (“to protect, to appease”)

   ‎hoʻo- + ‎ākea (“broad”) → ‎hoʻākea (“to broaden”)

2. forms verbs of pretense

   ‎hoʻo- + ‎kuli (“to be deaf”) → ‎hoʻokuli (“to feign deafness”)

3. forms verbs that carry the meaning of “acting like”

   ‎hoʻo- + ‎mikanele (“missionary”) → ‎hoʻomikanele (“to act like a missionary”)

   ‎hoʻo- + ‎manō (“shark”) → ‎hoʻomanō (“to eat ravenously”)

4. forms statives of similarity

   ‎hoʻo- + ‎kamaliʻi (“children”) → ‎hoʻokamaliʻi (“to be childish”)