holoku
Meanings
noun
- Synonym of Mother Hubbard: a kind of loose dress introduced to Hawaii by Christian missionaries.
Word forms
Etymology
From Hawaiian holokū, usually explained as some sense of holo (“go”) and kū (“stop”).
Synonyms
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