kōkō

Reduplication of kō (“be pregnant; come to pass”).

• IPA^(key): /koːˈkoː/

kōkō(intransitive)

1. to fulfill
2. to be pregnant

kōkō

1. pregnancy

• kōkō in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

kōkō

1. Rōmaji transcription of こうこう

Reduplication of kō “digging stick also used as a weapon”. Cognate with Hawaiian ʻōʻō (“digging stick”).

kōkō

1. to unearth, to dig up, to excavate

   Synonyms: huke, kari

2. to thrust

   Synonyms: hoka, toro

3. to pout the lips out of displeasure

   Synonym: kō

4. to tattoo esp. of the moko with special chisel tools (uhi)

From Proto-Polynesian **ko(q)oko(q)o (“species of bird”). Cognate with Hawaiian ʻōʻō (“black honeyeater”).

kōkō

1. tui

   Synonym: tūī

• “kōkō” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.