hokaai, interjection
/ˈhɔkaɪ/
- Forms:
- Show more Also hoekai, hogayi, hokai, hook haai, wokhai.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, Southern SothoShow more Afrikaans hokaai stop (perhaps adaptation of Southern Sotho hok stop, stand motionless).
‘Whoa’, ‘stop’, originally a command to draught animals, but now frequently used as a command to a person to pause or desist.
1958 A. Jackson Trader on Veld 57It was not long before the loud ‘hook haai! hook haai!’ (the order for stopping the oxen), were heard.
1985 Cape Times 30 Dec.If the government refused..‘teachers, parents, workers, church leaders, university staff and students must all combine in a concerted effort to say wokhai (stop)’.
‘Whoa’, ‘stop’, originally a command to draught animals, but now frequently used as a command to a person to pause or desist.
a cry of ‘hokaai’.
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