Hawaiian adjective · Everyday
hakahaka
Pronunciation: /hah-kah-hah-kah/
Meaning
Empty, vacant, hollow
Example sentences
Ua hakahaka ka hale paʻa kālā i ka ʻaihue ʻia ʻana o kāna mau mea waiwai.
The bank was empty after its valuables were stolen.
Nānā mākou i ka ʻōmole wai, akā ua hakahaka loa ia.
We looked at the water bottle, but it was completely empty.
He lā hakahaka kona lā hānau i kēia makahiki, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe mea i hiki mai.
His birthday this year was an empty one, because no one came.
About this word
“hakahaka” is a Hawaiian adjective meaning Empty, vacant, hollow. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Everyday. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.