hoki
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hoki
Māori
Example Sentences
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On training days, they often started before dawn to get accustomed to the darkness they will face during much of the Hoki Mai.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022
Now, with Hoki Mai, there’s also an expectation that those ties expand beyond Polynesia.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022
Several days before the trip, the canoe built for Hoki Mai was blessed with a “umu”, which involves cooking underground with hot stones in a sacred ceremony.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022
“It won’t be easy,” said Gilles Bordes, coordinator of Hoki Mai.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2022
As for the Yamana, they were of Minamoto lineage; their influence was supreme in Hoki and Inaba, and they faithfully espoused the Ashikaga cause until an unfulfilled promise of a manor alienated their good-will.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
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