hoʻokolo

Hawaiian

Etymology

From hoʻo- (causative prefix) +‎ kolo (“crawl, creep”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌho.ʔoˈko.lo/

Verb

hoʻokolo(transitive)

  1. to make crawl
  2. to track, to trace (to a source)

Derived terms

  • hoʻokolohua (“to experiment”, verb)
  • hoʻokolokolo (“to investigate”, verb)

Noun

hoʻokolo

  1. tracking

Further reading

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