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halepeʻa

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Tent.

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    • Pine halepeʻa. Tent stake.

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HA-LE-PE-A

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Hale and pea, filthy and unclean. See under HALE. A house where the menstruous women formerly were obliged to remain. Laieik. 171. NOTE.—The people might go to each woman's house, but the priests could not.

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Halepea (hā'-lĕ-pe'a), n.

/ hā'-lĕ-pe'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Hale, house, and pea, unclean.] A house where the menstruous women formerly were obliged to remain. (Laieik. p. 171.) Visitors were allowed to come to these houses but the priests were not.

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