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ʻāpuʻepuʻe

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

nvt., Difficult; difficulty; to struggle, strive (preceded by ke.

  • Examples:
    • Komo ʻāpuʻepuʻe, barely able to get in; to enter with difficulty.
    • ʻĀpuʻepuʻe nā kānaka i ka ʻai i ka wā wī, the people struggled to get food in time of famine.
    • Ke ʻāpuʻepuʻe o ka loaʻa ʻana mai o ka ʻike kūpono i ka ʻōlelo haole, the difficulties of getting proper knowledge of English.

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apuepue

/ A-PU-E-PU-E / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., See pue, to force. To solicit one of the other sex.

2. To strive; to contend, as two persons endeavoring to get the same thing; apuepue na kanaka i ka ai i ka manawa wi.

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apuepue

kikino ｜ noun / A-PU-E-PU-E / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. s., Strife between two persons to get the same thing; attempting to get what another wants.

2. A difficulty; a contention; hiki apuepue, to obtain with difficulty.

3. A bunch of kalo; a hill of potatoes. See apoapo.

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apuepue

/ A-PU-E-PU-E / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adv., With strife; with difficulty. Mat #19:23.

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apuepue

/ ā-pŭ'e-pŭ'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adv., With difficulty; barely; not quite; scarcely.

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apuepue

kikino ｜ noun / ā-pŭ'e-pŭ'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Any contest for advantage or superiority; rivalry; strife.

2. n., The state or quality of being difficult; the condition of a work or task as greatly beset with obstacles, hindrances, or perplexities; difficulty: He hana me ka apuepue, a work of difficulty.

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apuepue

/ ā-pŭ'e-pŭ'e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To force; to solicit one of the other sex. See pue.

2. v., To strive; to contend; to struggle: Apuepue na kanaka i ka ai i ka manawa wi.

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ʻāpuʻepuʻe

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Hill of potatoes. (A.)

‘apuepue

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

hardly ; with difficulty.

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