- propagate, propagation
- Ho'olaha, ho'oulu.♦ Means of propagation, kumu ho'olaha.♦ Propagation of the faith, ho'olaha mana'o'i'o.
English-Hawaiian dictionary. 2015.
propagate, propagation
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