"That boy is my youngest."

Translation: ʻO kēlā keiki kāne kaʻu pōkiʻi.

[BarbaraLea954887]

When is - muli loa - used versus - poki'i?

[deactivated user]

Is this translation correct for the prompt? "muli loa" should be younger or very youngest. And "pöki'i" is a younger sibling of the same sex. Am I getting this wrong?

[rabelon]

"Youngest" what? Youngest child, youngest boy, youngest sibling?

[villajidiot]

"My youngest" in English means my youngest child. You can tell itʻs also "youngest child" here because kaʻu is used rather than koʻu.

[RonRGB]

Pōkiʻi = The youngest member of a family; ka hanau muli loa; the youngest born of several children. 1 Sam. 16:11. The younger of two children of the same sex; an endearing appellation.

Link: http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-1----0-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%2ctextmamaka%2ctextandrew%2ctextparker%2ctextchd-----0-1l--11-en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-p%c5%8dki%ca%bbi--00-4-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D133166

sibling = hānau mua (older); hānau hope, pōkiʻi (younger)

(link): http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-1----0-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%2ctextmamaka%2ctextandrew%2ctextparker%2ctextchd-----0-1l--11-en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-sibling--00-4-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D156417

(duolingo) pōkiʻi = youngest sibling of the same sex, youngest child, youngest.

[WahineKahiko]

Would it also be correct if we left off the ʻo at the beginning of the sentence?

[HklaniClee]

It would not be grammatically correct without the ʻo at the beginning, but it would be very common in casual conversation.