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vi. To vow, swear. See -hiki.

hoʻohiki

/ hoʻo.hiki / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert,

1. To vow, swear, take an oath, promise; to administer an oath; vow, oath, promise, pledge.

  • Examples:
    • Hoʻohiki kūpaʻa, pledge of allegiance.
    • Hoʻohiki paʻa, firm oath; to bind under oath.
    • Keiki hānai hoʻohiki, legally adopted child.
    • Hoʻohiki ʻino, a violent oath [such as pau Pele, pau manō, translated under manō.
    • Nāna au i hoʻohiki, he administered the oath to me.
    • Nā haole hoʻohiki a me nā haole hoʻohiki ʻole, foreigners naturalized and not naturalized [or alien].
    • Make i ka hoʻohiki i kānāwai (Kep. 45), death for breaking a law.
    • Hoʻohiki ihola ia i ka hoʻohiki (1 Sam. 1.11), she vowed a vow.
  • References:

2. vt., To peel, pry off.

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See palapala hoʻohiki.

v. See HIKI, to come to. To arrive at a place, especially at a place designated.

2. To vow; to swear to a fact; to adjune on oath.

3. To swear at; to reproach; to revile; mostly with ino.

s. A vow; a promise; a prayer; a swearing. Oihk. 5:1. Hoohiki wahahee, a false swearing. Oihk. 6:3.

Hoohiki (ho'o-hī'-ki), n.

/ ho'o-hī'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker,

A vow; a promise; a prayer; a swearing. Hoohiki wahahee, a false swearing.

Hoohiki (ho'o-hī'-ki), v.

/ ho'o-hī'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker,

[Hoo and hiki, to come.]

1. To arrive at a place, especially at a place designated.

2. To vow; to swear to a fact; to adjure on oath.

3. To swear at; to reproach; to revile; usually with ino.

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