Hawaiian Verb · Food
huki
Pronunciation: /hoo-kee/
Meaning
To pull, draw, uproot. Often used in the context of harvesting plants.
Example sentences
Ua huli lākou i nā ʻuala i ka māla i mea e huki ai.
They turned the soil in the garden to pull out the sweet potatoes.
E huki mai ʻoe i kaʻu ipu wai maʻaneʻi.
Pull my water container over here for me.
Huki nā lawaiʻa i ka ʻupena me ka iʻa he nui.
The fishermen pulled the net with a lot of fish.
About this word
“huki” is a Hawaiian verb meaning To pull, draw, uproot. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Food. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.