ʻō-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "o"

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

  • ʻo-

Etymology

From Proto-Central Eastern Polynesian *koo-. Cognate with Maori kō-.

Prefix

ʻō-

  1. simulative prefix
    ‎ʻō- + ‎haʻi (“break, fracture”) → ‎ʻōhaʻi (“imperfectly healed”)
    ‎ʻō- + ‎heke (“shy, sensitive”) → ‎ʻōheke (“somewhat modest”)

Derived terms

Hawaiian terms prefixed with ʻō-
ʻōhaʻi
ʻōhewa
ʻōhinu
ʻōhuluhulu
ʻōiwi
ʻōkuhi
ʻōlapa
ʻōmalumalu
ʻōmaʻo
ʻōnaha
ʻōnea
ʻōpā
ʻōpakapaka
ʻōpikipiki
ʻōpule

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