nvs. Cramped or numbed, as by cold or sitting long in one position; aching; clamped together, as leaves of a sensitive plant when touched; a cramp; to clamp or close together. Cf. ʻūpili. ʻŌpili aʻela ia i kona mau wāwae maluna o kahi moe (Kin. 49.33), he drew up his feet into the bed. ho.ʻō.pili To cause a cramp, numbness, etc.
hehele To close up tight, as a flower bud. Dic.
v. To draw up; contract, as one with the cramp or with cold weather; opili loa iho no ka nui loa o ka ua.
2. To be cold; to shiver with the cold.
3. To draw up or compose one's self on a bed. Kin. 49:33.
4. FIG. Ua opili ka maka i ka anu i ka wai, nolaila loaa ole ka manao, haalulu a make no hoi.
5. To bend or contract, as the knees in kneeling; oi noho kukuli a opili ae na wawae i ka anu i lalo o ka lepo. Kin. 49:33.
Opili la o poeleele o opu kalakala
Ua iku, he kua nui kua loa,
He kua noho i ka iuiu.—He wahi pule.
s. A cold; a shivering; a contraction of the limbs and muscles through cold or with the cramp.
2. The cramp itself.
adj. Stiff with wet and cold; benumbed.
Stiff with wet and cold; benumbed.
1. Torpor; loss of motion or power of exertion.
2. Cramp.
3. Name of an ancient god.
Opili la, o poeleele, o opukalakala,
Ua iku, lie 'kua mui, 'kua loa,
He 'kua noho i ka iuiu.
1. To be drawn up; as one with the cramp or with cold weather: opili loa iho no ka nui loa o ka ua.
2. To be numb or torpid from any cause.
3. To draw up or compose one's self on a bed.
4. To be afflicted with cramp, as the knees in kneeling: oi noho kukuli a opili ae na wawae i ka anu i lalo o ka lepo.
cramps; torpor.
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