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hoʻokae

/ hoʻo.kae / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

vt., To despise.

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hoʻokae

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

hamani, Discrimination, prejudice; to discriminate or be prejudiced against.

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  • Examples:
    • Hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka pāʻoihana e kekahi limahana no ka hoʻokae ʻana. The business was sued by an employee for discrimination.
    • He pāʻewaʻewa a he hoʻokae kōna manaʻo hoʻoholo ma muli o kōna manaʻo ʻino i ka lāhui o ke kanaka. His decision was biased and prejudiced because of his negative opinion of the man's race.
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HOO-KAE

Andrews Haw to Eng,

v. See KAE, to rub out. To hate; to dislike; to treat contemptuously; to reject.

2. To blot out; to kill; to destroy; to take away life; ina i hookae mai ke Akua i ke ola o ke kino, if God should take away the life of the body.

Hookae (ho'o-kā'e), v.

/ ho'o-kā'e / Parker Haw to Eng,

[Hoo and kae, contempt.]

1. To treat contemptuously; to reject as unworthy of notice.

2. To scorn; to treat haughtily.

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