1. vt. To daub, blot, besmear; to spread, as butter. Fig., to defile, defame. Lā Hāpala Lehu, Ash Wednesday. Hāpala ka ʻele, na ke kea ka ʻai (For. 4.273), the black is smeared, the white gets the score [in a kōnane game]. Ka makani hāpala lepo o Pāʻia, dustsmearing wind of Pāʻia. Ua hāpala ʻia i ke kaikea (Isa. 34.6), smeared with fat. hoʻo.hā.pala To besmear, etc.
2. Same as pala 1, ripe. Rare.
v. See PALA. To defile externally; to disfigure; to besmear.
2. To daub; to paint; to plaster with lime. Kanl. 27:2.
3. FIG. To be satiated, i. e., stained, as with blood. Isa. 34:6.
4. To be soft, as kalo killed with cold or drought; ua hapala ke kalo, ua pala ke kumu.
1. To defile or disfigure by daubing; to besmear.
2. To daub; to paint.
3. To plaster with lime.
to daub, paint; smear, blot, defile, defame.
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