Please kokua, and do justice and fairness to our ohana.— Pam's House Blend - Front Page
A kokua is, literally, a helper, a native who is clean that lives in the settlement and is paid by the Board of Health to nurse the lepers, dress their sores, and such things.— The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
But the kokua was all right.— The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
What I wanted was a _kokua_.— The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
We stayed in the house to keep track of the inmates, while the squarehead led one of them off to find a _kokua_.— The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
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