The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Value hoʔo-makua

Language:
Hawaiian
Parameter:
to grow into maturity; to mature; to act the part of a parent; to foster, adopt, as a child; to call or treat as a parent; to address as parent, aunt, or uncle, one related by affection rather than by blood or adoption; to become established or permanent [3b4ce39305e4374310c2144b467dfe98]
References
Pukui and Elbert 1971