Hawaiian number · Numbers
Hoʻokahi kaukani
Pronunciation: /hoh-oh-KAH-hee kow-KAH-nee/
Meaning
One thousand
Example sentences
Ua kūʻai ʻia nā tiketi no ka ʻahaʻaina he hoʻokahi kaukani.
Thousands of tickets were sold for the feast.
Aia he hoʻokahi kaukani mau lā hōkū i ʻike ʻia i loko o ko mākou galaki.
One thousand stars are visible within our galaxy.
Ua ʻōlelo mai ke kupuna wahine, "Ma mua, ua hoʻokahi kaukani ka nui o nā pua i ulu ma kēia māla."
The grandmother said, "Before, there were one thousand flowers growing in this garden."
About this word
“Hoʻokahi kaukani” is a Hawaiian number meaning One thousand. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Numbers. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.