hoʻomakua

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From hoʻo- (prefix with the sense of "acting like") +‎ makua (“parent”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌho.ʔo.maˈku.a/, [ˌho.ʔo.məˈku.wə] === Verb === hoʻomakua to mature to act as parent; to foster, to adopt to treat as a parent, to address as a parent === Further reading === hoʻomakua in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.