hoʻopapa
/ hoʻo.papa /Purification of woman after childbirth, involving medicinal herbs bound to the abdomen, and a taboo on sex relations.
- References:
- Malo 138.
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hoʻopāpā
/ hoʻo.pā.pā /1. To touch repeatedly; to feel one’s way, as a blind person does; a contest in wit (as riddling) or strength; to hold such a contest; repartee, banter; to endeavor to find out something or obtain something by indirect methods, by feeling out the person indirectly; to debate, argue.
2. A style of guitar playing in which one person strums, and the other touches the strings of the same guitar to produce certain effects; to play thus.
- References:
- PPN paapaa.
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hoopapa
/ HOO-PA-PA /v., Pa doubled. See pa, to touch. To touch; to feel; to take hold of; to examine.
2. To communicate with each other, as husband and wife.
3. To be intimate with another person's wife or husband.
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hoopapa
/ HOO-PA-PA /v., See papa, a row; a rank. To place in rows or ranks, as soldiers; to lay in rank one above another; to pack in order, as clothes in a trunk.
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hoopapa
/ HOO-PA-PA /s., A shelf made by placing sticks across the corner of a room.
2. The condition of a female with a board tied on to her abdomen to secure her conception; a e hoomaemae i kona hanau keiki.
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hoopapa
/ HOO-PA-PA /v., For hoopaapaa. To quarrel; to contend; to dispute; to scold.
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hoopapa
/ ho'o-pā'-pa /1. n., A shelf made by placing sticks across the corner of a room.
2. n., The condition of a woman with a board tied to her abdomen to secure her conception; a e hoomaemae i kona hanau keiki.
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hoopapa
/ ho'o-pā'-pā' /n., A champion or leader. O Kanupaiki ko Hilo keiki hoopapa.
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hoopapa
/ ho'o-pā'-pā' /1. v., To touch gently with the hand; to pat.
2. v., To make advances to, for the purpose of gaining information.
3. v., To decide questions of rivalry by competitive contest.
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hoopapa
/ ho'o-pă'-pă /[Hoo and papa, a row; a rank.] v., To place in rows or ranks, as soldiers; to lay in rank one above another; to pack in order, as clothes in a trunk.
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hoopapa
/ ho'o-pā'-pā /v., To answer back and forth in the way of friendly dispute; to contend for in words.
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hoʻopāpā
The condition of a female having a board tied to her abdomen, a taboo to sexual relations. (MALO 138.) hoʻopiʻopiʻo. Licentious revel. (CMH.)
hoʻopapa
Condition of a woman with a board tied to her abdomen to secure conception.
ho‘opapa
corner shelf: to overlay.
ho‘opa’pa’
repartee: to feel as a blind person.
ho‘opa’pa
repartee: to feel as a blind person.
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