kokohu

kokohu
container, vessel.
to put one's hands together, forming a scoop to hold something: ka-kokohu hai rima mo avai-atu te kai, put your hands like this, so I can give you some food; ka-kokohu rivariva o marere, hold your hands together well, so that (the food) does not spill.
figuratively: mother (matu'a poreko) because she is the vessel in which the baby's body is formed.

Rapanui-English dictionary. 2008.

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