Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. n., Long gourd calabash, as used to hold food, clothing, fishing gear; any cooking pot. Figuratively, an empty container, a trifle.

• Examples:
  • He wahi hōkeo wale nō, just an empty container [to have or know nothing].
• References:
  • Cf. hōkeo kani.
  • PCP footeo, sooteo: cf. Maori hooteo.

2. vt., To cherish secretly, as love.

• Examples:
  • E hōkeo iho i ke aloha (song), cherish the love.

3. n., A variety of sweet potato.

kikino, Kit, as of equipment needed for a particular activity.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word, Extended meaning
• Related:
  • See hōkeo hoʻāhu, hōkeo ʻikepili.
  • Hōkeo kūmau hoʻāʻo lepo. Standard soil-testing kit.
• References:
  • Cf. kini lapaʻau, kini poho ea, poho lāʻau pōulia.

Elongated gourd used as a container for fishing gear including lines.

Gourd calabash for clothes when traveling in a canoe; large, high, straight gourd or calabash for the wardrobe of the chiefs.

Lower of the two gourds of a drum. (A.) Also called ʻolo.

Variety of sweet potato. (HP 141.)