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nvi. To hide, seek shelter; to gad about, a gadder.

v. To go from house to house, doing no work; ua apoo hele i kauhale i ka ua.

s. An idle, lazy person who goes from house to house; aia i ka apoo kauhale.

Apoo (ā-po'o), n.

/ ā-po'o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. One who gads continually or habitually; a gadder; a gadabout.

2. That which shelters from injury or annoyance.

Apoo (ā-po'o), v.

/ ā-po'o / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To go from house to house, doing no work; to go about idly for diversion or idle curiosity: to gad.

2. To hide; to be under cover; to seek shelter, as from rain: Ua apoo hele i kauhale i ka ua.

Idle, lazy person; to go from house to house but doing no work.

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