hoka

== English == === Etymology === From Māori [Term?]. === Noun === hoka (New Zealand) Synonym of red codling. == Japanese == === Romanization === hoka Rōmaji transcription of ほか == Māori == === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Verb ==== hoka to soar, fly to lift; to hold aloft === Etymology 2 === From Proto-Oceanic *soka “to pierce, to stab” (compare with Tongan hoka, Samoan soʻa and Fijian coka). ==== Verb ==== hoka to pierce to point or project sharply upwards to taper to a sharp point === Related terms === === Derived terms === === References === === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “hoka”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 66-7 “hoka” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Pangutaran Sama == === Adjective === hoka spacious; roomy; big == Sotho == === Verb === hoka to attach, to hook