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ʻāʻīlepe

/ ʻā.ʻī.lepe / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Ruffles, folds, gathers about the neck; to make ruffles; to ruffle feathers, as a grouse.

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v. Ai and lepe, the comb of a cock.

1.To turn up and back.

2.To ruck, as the skin when broken, or as kapa when ruffed.

adj. Turned up; rucked; as the skin when broken; as kapa when ruffed.

Ailepe (ā'-ī'-lē'-pē), adj.

/ ā'-ī'-lē'-pē / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Furnished or adorned with a ruffle or ruff; ruffled; ruffed.

2. Puckered; wrinkled; crumpled; rucked.

Ailepe (ā'-ī'-lē'-pĕ), v.

/ ā'-ī'-lē'-pĕ / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To make into a ruffle or ruff; to draw into folds, gathers, or puckers; to furnish with ruffles; to ruffle.

2. To form into irregular wrinkles, folds, or ridges; to crumple; to wrinkle; to ruck.

3. To erect in a ruff or ruffle, as a bird its feathers; to swell or stand out like a ruff; to ruff.

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