Hawaiian noun · Spirit
huaka i pō
Pronunciation: /hoo-ah-kah-ee poh/
Meaning
Night marchers, ghost procession
Example sentences
Ua lohe au i ka leo o ka huaka i pō i ka pō nei.
I heard the sound of the night marchers last night.
Mai hele ʻoe ma laila i ka pō, no ka mea, aia ka huaka i pō ma kēlā wahi.
Do not go there at night, because the night marchers are in that place.
Wahi a nā kūpuna, ʻaʻole pono e nānā i ka huaka i pō ke hele lākou.
The elders say it is not good to look at the night marchers when they pass.
About this word
“huaka i pō” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Night marchers, ghost procession. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Spirit. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.