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ʻōpiopio

/ ʻō.pio.pio / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

nvs., Young, immature, juvenile; unripe; fresh, as a dress nicely laundered; youth, young person.

  • Examples:
    • One ʻōpiopio (UL 203), clean, newly washed fresh sand.
    • Ao ʻōpiopio, white cloud.

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Lawehala ʻōpiopio. Juvenile delinquency.

v. See OPIO. To be young; tender, as a plant or tree; as a child or animal. 1 Sam. 1:24.

adj. Young, as a person or animal; immature; unripe. Puk. 24:5. Applied to persons; opposed to kahiko. Ios. 6:21. Applied to fruits; uala opiopio; recent; new; late; as, he mai opiopio, a new or recent disease; junior; a son of a father of the same name.

Opiopio (o-pi'-o-pi'-o), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Young, as a person or animal; immature; unripe, as a fruit: uala opiopio; recent; new; late: he mai opiopio, a new or recent disease; junior, a son of a father of the same name.

Opiopio (o-pi'-o-pi'-o), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be young; tender, as a plant or tree; as a child or animal.

Young, immature person.

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