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kī.pū

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvt. To hold back or brace, as a canoe on a wave with a paddle; to rein in, as a horse; to remain, as mist or rain; to fold tightly about one, as a blanket; steersman. He mau hoʻokele ā he mau kīpū nohoʻi (For. 4:123), navigators and also steersmen. Ā laila i kīpū auaneʻi lāua (For. 4:123), then the two of them just braced [the canoe]. Kīpū i ka manaʻo, kīpū i ke kapa a ka noe; ʻauhea wale ʻoe ē ka ʻohu, kīpū maila i Kaʻala (song), hold fast to an idea, hold fast to the tapa blanket of mist; listen here, O mist, nestling now on [Mt.] Kaʻala.

2. n. Tranquillity. Kīpū aheahe, quiet peace. Kīpū ahiahi, tranquillity of eventide.

KI-PU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. To turn the paddle, as in setting a canoe back; kipu iho la lakou i na hoe, they turned back the paddles, that is, rowed backwards; to turn away; ka huahua i ke kipu. Hoo. The same.

2. To fold tightly around one, as a large kapa.

3. To keep back, as a shower appearing to approach, but does not come.

Kipu (kī'-pū'), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To turn the paddle, as in back-paddling in a canoe: Kipu iho la lakou i na hoe; they turned back the paddles, that is, paddled backwards.

2. To turn away; ka huahua i ke kipu.

3. To fold tightly around one, as a large tapa.

Kipu (ki-pu'):

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

to back water with paddles. Land section, Puna, Kauai.

Kīpū

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Point northwest of Kumu-kahi, east Hawaiʻi. Land division, Līhuʻe district, Kauaʻi, visited by Kama-puaʻa (For. Sel. 228). Point, village, land division, and petroglyph site, Kaunakakai qd., north Molokaʻi. (Cox and Stasack 94; PH 110.) See ʻUhane-lele. Lit., hold back.

Kīpū

Wahi ｜ Location, Hawaiʻi Place Names (2002),

Beach, salt gathering site, Hōnaunau, Hawaiʻi. Between Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park and Keʻei. Salt was made in the depressions of large stones on the shore. Lit., to remain, as mist or rain.

kīpū

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

To back water with a paddle in turning a canoe. Also called kīpupū.

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