Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

See kūkū, to shake, and -kūkū.

1. Contest, game, match; to hold a contest, compete, compare; to place evenly, as canoes about to race (hoʻokūkū like i nā waʻa).

• Examples:
  • Hoʻokūkū, hīmeni, song contest.
  • Ko hoʻokūkū ʻana, the comparison.
  • Nānā a hoʻokūkū, to make comparisons.

2. To fit, as a garment; a fitting.

• Examples:
  • ʻO ka hoʻokūkū ka malo aliʻi, fitting the royal loincloth.

hamani, To compare.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Examples:
  • E hoʻokūkū ʻoe i kēia mau pūʻolo manakō. ʻO ka pūʻolo hea ka mea i ʻoi aku kōna kaumaha? Compare these bags of mango. Which bag is heavier?

kikino/hehele, Tournament, in sports.

• Source:
  • Niʻihau.
• Related:
  • Also: hoʻokūkū moho.
  • Hoʻokūkū pōpaʻipaʻi. Volleyball tournament.