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1. Redup. of hoe 1; paddling back and forth. (PNP foefoe.)

2. Redup. of hoe 2; a plaintive prolonged sound, as of the nose flute. Cf. hoene 1.

3. n. Shoulder blade (used after iwi).

4. See lipi hoehoe.

s., See HOE. The shoulder-blade, from its resemblance to a canoe paddle; ka iwi ma ke kumu o ka iwi uluna.

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v. See HOE, a paddle. To row a canoe or boat here and there.

s. A wind instrument among Hawaiians somewhat resembling the flute.

hoehoe

/ hō'-ĕ-hō'e / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. n., The shoulder-blade, from its resemblance to a canoe paddle (hoe): ka iwi ma ke kumu o ka iwi uluna.

2. n., A tubular wind instrument among Hawaiians somewhat resembling the flute. Same as hano.

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Hoehoe (hō'-ĕ-hō'-e), v.

/ hō'-ĕ-hō'-e / Parker Haw to Eng,

[Freq. of hoe.] To paddle a canoe; to row a boat.

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