oʻo

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *oko (“to reach maturity”). Cognate with Samoan oʻo (“full-grown (of a pig)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ʔo/

Verb

oʻo

  1. (stative) mature, ripe
  2. (stative) of mature age, elderly
  3. (intransitive) to mature, to ripen; to age

Derived terms

  • ʻāoʻo (“middle-aged, elderly”)
  • hāoʻo (“cured, prepared”)

References

  • Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 69
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