okaoka

From Proto-Polynesian *qota-qota (“rubbish, refuse”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌo.kaˈo.ka/, [ˌo.kəˈo.kə]

okaoka

1. bits, particles

• hoʻōkaoka (“pulverize”, verb)

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

Reduplication of oka “to prick, to pierce”

okaoka (passive okaokaina)

1. to vaccinate^[1]

   Synonym: oka

okaoka

1. vaccine

   Synonym: kano ārai mate

   • 1902 July 31, “Etahi Mate Rere”, in Puke ki Hikurangi‎^[1], page 1:

     Ki e panga ete mate kia te hari ki te takuta, haunga te tohunga, i mua atu o te panga ki te mate me okaoka nga pakihiwi...

     To prevent affliction of the disease; go see a doctor, not a tohunga, to be administered with a vaccine on the shoulders...

• mahi okaoka