hoʻohui
Hawaiian
Etymology
From hoʻo- (causative prefix) + hui (“to join”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌho.ʔoˈhu.i/, [ˌho.ʔoˈhu.wi]
Verb
hoʻohui(transitive)
- to join, to connect
- to append, to annex
- to unite, to ally, to federate
- to introduce (one person to another)
- to form a society
- (linguistics) to compound; to affix
- (arithmetic) to add
- E ho'ohui i 'eono me 'elima he 'umikūmamākahi.
- Six plus five equals eleven.
- (literally, “Add six with five, it's eleven.”)
Derived terms
- helu hoʻohui (“addend”)
- hoʻohui ʻana (“union”)
- kumu hoʻohui (“base”)
- palapala hoʻohui (“charter”)
Further reading
- hoʻohui in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.