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hānupanupa

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

Reduplication of hānupa.

  • Examples:
    • Ke awa hānupanupa, the surging channel.

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v. Ha and nupa, soft; muddy. To be muddy; soft; to find it difficult to walk from slipperiness. See HANUPA.

adj. Slippery; muddy, as a road bad from deep mud; unsteady, as by walking in a bad road; allowing the feet to sink in, as a sandy or very dirty road.

Hanupanupa (hā'-nu'-pă.-nu'-pa), adj.

/ hā'-nu'-pă.-nu'-pa / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Slippery; muddy, as a road; unsteady, as by walking in a bad road; allowing the feet to sink in, as a sandy or very dirty road.

2. Choppy, applied to the waves of the sea.

Hanupanupa (hā'-nu'-pă-nu'-pa), v.

/ hā'-nu'-pă-nu'-pa / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ha and nupa, soft; muddy.]

1. To be muddy; soft.

2. To find it difficult to walk from slipperiness.

3. To be choppy, as the sea.

choppy as of the sea

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