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ʻālaʻapapa

/ ʻā.laʻa.papa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. v., To tell publicly, as of the past

2. n., Type of ancient dramatic hula.

  • References:
    • UL, chapter IX.

3. n., Long cloud formation.

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s. The name of a kind of dance; he alaapapa kahi hula.

v. To disclose to another what one has said of his character.

Alaapapa (ā-la'a'-pă'-pă), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

One of the ancient hula dances where the dancer makes grotesque and suggestive motions, often accompanied by wild extravaganza: He hula alaapapa.

Alaapapa (ā'-la'a-pă'-pă), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To disclose in public what one has said of another's character; to publish in full the acts of others.

Long cloud formation.

Type of ancient dramatic hula.

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