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ʻopeʻope

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

1. Reduplication of ʻope; bundles, packages, baggage; to fold, as clothes (Ioane 20.7); pillow (Kauaʻi).

  • Examples:
    • Eia aʻe ua keiki ʻopeʻope nui nei o Kaluakoʻi (Nak. 100), here's the Kaluakoʻi boy with the big bundle [said of persons with big bundles, referring to Kū-a-Pakaʻa's bundle of rocks carried aboard a canoe].
  • Related:
    • hōʻopeʻope Caus/sim.; Reduplication of hōʻope.
  • References:
    • See ex., palale.
    • PEP kopekope.

2. Same as ʻōpeʻa.

  • Examples:
    • ʻOpeʻope Kohala i ka makani, Kohala is buffeted by the wind.

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opeope

/ O-PE-O-PE / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

1. v., See ope. To tie up tightly or frequently, as a bundle.

2. To tie and hang up against the side of a house for preservation.

3. To fold up, as clothes. Iohn. 20:7.

4. FIG. To bind up, as knowledge. Isa. 8:16. Opeope ke akamai a waiho malie iloko o ke kanaka noonoo, wisdom is bundled up and laid away quietly in the man's mind.

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opeope

/ o'-pe-o'-pe / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ope, a bundle.]

1. v., To tie up tightly or frequently, as a bundle.

2. v., To fold up, as clothes.

3. v., Fig. To bind up, as knowledge: Opeope ke akamai a waiho malie iloko o ke kanaka noonoo, wisdom is bundled up and laid away quietly in the man's mind.

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