kōʻai

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.). Compare Maori tōkai (“to have sexual intercourse”).

• IPA^(key): /koːˈʔai̯/, [koːˈʔɐj], [koːˈʔɛj] (rapid speech)

kōʻai(transitive)

1. to stir with a circular motion
2. to wind around, to gird around

• kōʻai ʻākau (“clockwise”)
• kōʻai hema (“counterclockwise”)
• kōʻaiʻai (reduplicated form)

• kōʻai in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.