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1. nvs., Ridge, slope, steep side of a ravine; ridged.

• Related:
  • hoʻolapa Caus/sim.; To form a ridge; ridge.
• References:
  • Cf. kualapa.

2. nvs., Overactive, energetic, mischievous; gamboling and cavorting, as a young animal; roughhouse; to flash.

• Examples:
  • Ka puhi lapa i ke ale, eel playing in the hollows.
  • Lapa kai, restless, active sea.
• Related:
  • hoʻolapa Caus/sim.
• References:
  • Cf. ʻālapa, ʻōlapa.

a. To rise up; to boil; to swell, as a blister; to spread or blaze, as fire or volcanic eruption; to excite or flare, as with passion; to animate; to cook by boiling.

• Examples:
  • Hoʻolapa ka ʻōpū, a disturbed stomach.
  • Ua wala kīʻaha paha, ke hoʻolapa mai nei, the glass is tilted back perhaps, getting active.
• References:
  • PPN lapa.

b. (Cap.) Wind famous at Kaʻū.

3. n., Bamboo liners, for tapa printing.

4. n., Orifice of the womb.

• Related:
  • Also: lapa pūʻao.

5. n., Clot, as of blood.

6. n., A variety of sweet potato.

7. n., A variety of taro.

8. n., Male mahimahi fish.

9. vt., To slacken off the lower section on an ʻōpelu bag net; part of the catch remains in the water, and the top part only of the net is raised to the canoe and the catch taken; a large catch would be too heavy to bring up at once.