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nvi., Pleased, interesting, entertaining, happy, joyful, amused; pleasure, happiness, joy, delight, enjoyment, interest, cheerfulness (Rom. 12.8).

• Related:
  • Hoihoi ʻole, unpleasant, unenthusiastic, unhappy, uninterested, dispirited, dull, boring, to dislike.
  • Mea e hoihoi ai, treat, pleasure.
  • hoʻohoihoi Caus/sim.; To entertain, amuse, charm, delight, encourage, please.

1. n., Joy; gladness; good feeling; rejoicing; cheerfulness, gratification in a thing: Me ka hoihoi, me ka hau-oli ame ka manao lana, with good feeling, with joy and with hope.

2. n., Hopefulness; a state of being infused with happy anticipations.

Iob. 20:10, 18. O ka hoihoi aku i ka mea i lawe hewa ia, oia kekahi mea i kauohaia ma ka Baibala, oia hoi ka hua o ka mihi oiaio, Puk. 22:1- 15; Neh. 5:1-13; Luk. 19:8. Pono e hoihoi pololei aku i ka mea i laweia, me ka uku hoopanee, Oihk. 6:1-6; 24:21.

joy, hopefulness: glad, brisk.

As a sign of interest and intent.