hoʻomakua

Hawaiian

Etymology

From hoʻo- (prefix with the sense of "acting like") +‎ makua (“parent”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌho.ʔo.maˈku.a/, [ˌho.ʔo.məˈku.wə]

Verb

hoʻomakua

  1. to mature
  2. to act as parent; to foster, to adopt
  3. to treat as a parent, to address as a parent

Further reading

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