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ʻūpā

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

n.v., Any instrument that opens and shuts, as shears, scissors, tongs, bellows, carpenter's compass; to beat, as the heart; to open and shut, as the mouth champing food; to slam, bang, as a door.

  • Figuratively, a furious attack, onslaught.

Nā LepiliTags: metaphors

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1. v., To act, as the jaws in eating; to open and shut, as the mouth in eating or speaking.

2. To devour with greediness.

3. To chew, as food, i. e., the action of the jaws in chewing.

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upa

kikinonoun / U-PA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s., Any instrument that opens and shuts after the manner of shears, scissors, a compass, bellows, &c.; a carpenter's compass. Isa. 44:13. The action of the material heart in receiving and sending out blood. Anat. 44. NOTE—Cutting instruments were formerly made of shark's teeth. See the compounds of the upa class.

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upa

ʻaʻanostative verb / U-PA / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Strong, as a man who does a great deal of work or rows fast in a canoe.

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1. v., To act, as the jaws in eating; to open and shut. as the mouth in eating or speaking.

2. v., To devour with greediness.

3. v., To chew, as food, that is, the action of the jaws in chewing.

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Upa

iʻoaproper noun / u-pā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

strength. Land section. Puna. Kauai.

Nā LepiliTags: geography Kauaʻi

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v., To assail with force; to attack with extraordinary violence.

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upa

kikinonoun / u-pā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

n., An onslaught; a furious assault; an attack or overwhelming strength: Hookahi no upa ana iho o Kamakauahoa, pau e Heulu ma i ka make. One furious assault by Kamakauahoa and Heulu and party were instantly destroyed.

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upa

kikinonoun / u-pā' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., Any instrument that opens and shuts after the manner of shears, scissors, a compass, bellows, etc.; a carpenter's compass. (Cutting instruments were formerly made of shark's teeth.)

2. n., The action of the heart in receiving and sending out blood.

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Fig., an onslaught, furious attack. (PE.)

Action of the heart in receiving and sending out blood.

Any instrument that opens and closes in the manner of shears, bellows; compass, tongs. Early tools of this type were made of sharkʻs teeth.

Pliers.

Pliers.

scissors, bellows; implement with similar action.

scissors, bellows; implement with similar action.

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