hōkaka
Appearance
Maori
[edit]Noun
[edit]hōkaka
Verb
[edit]hōkaka
- to desire, to want, to yearn
- Ko te mea ia i tino hōkaka ai ia, ka haere ia ki a Te Whatuiāpiti, hei hoa mōna. ― What she earnestly desired was to go to Te Whatuiāpiti to be his wife.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- "to desire" in Māori Dictionary, 1998–present