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kāpili

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

vt., To build, put together, put on (as glasses), fit together, set (as precious stones), mend, fix, repair, shingle, join, plaster, unite, attach blame, shoe (as a horse).

  • Examples:
    • Kāpili hou, mend, fix, repair.
    • Ua popopo ke kia moku, hoʻi hou ʻoia e kāpili, the mast was rotten, he returned to repair it.
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hamani, To build, put together.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word
  • Examples:
    • Kāpili kūkohu mokulele. To build a model airplane.

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v. See PILI. To join or unite together in various ways.

2. To fit different substances together.

3. To put or fit together, as the different parts of a house or ship or other work of the kind. 2 Oihl. 3:1. Kapili laau, to work at carpenter's business; kapili moku, to build a ship; ua popopo ke kia moku, hoi hou oia e kapili, the mast of the ship was rotten, he returned to repair it.

4. To repair or mend what is broken. Neh. 2:8.

5. To plaster; to besmear.

Kapili (kā'-pī'-li), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[See pili.]

1. To join or unite together in various ways.

2. To fit different substances together.

3. To put or fit together, as the different parts ot a house or ship or other work of the kind: Kapili laau, to work at carpentry; kapili moku, to build a ship; ua popopo ke kia moku, hoi hou oia e kapili, the mast of the ship was rotten, he returned to repair it.

4. To repair or mend what is broken.

5. To plaster; to besmear.

6. To make fast by the use of plaster.

Kapili

/ Ka-pili / WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Street, Waikīkī, Honolulu, Oʻahu, one of Princess Likelike’s names; she lived at ʻĀinahau. Literally, the relationship or Heteropogon contortus, a grass.

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    • TM.

Nā LepiliTags: Oʻahu

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To besmear with something sticky, as lime.

to join, unite; to plaster.

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