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upai

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Tall, thin.

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ʻupaʻi

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vi., To flap, as wings, clothes in the wind; to bend in the wind, as a branch; to walk with a flapping movement.

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    • Mehe ʻupaʻi na ke koaʻe lā (PH 101), like the flapping of a tropic bird's [wings].

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U-PAI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Long; tall; slender; loihi, piopio.

Upai (u-pa'i), adj.

/ u-pa'i / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Long; tall; slender; loihi, piopio. Applied to tall, thin persons who walk with a vibratory or swaying motion.

2. Flexible; easily bent; not stiff.

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