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kūlapa

/ kū.lapa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvt., Earth piled on the sides of a ditch, as of a plowed furrow or as on the edge of a taro patch; to dig or plow and cast up earth or furrow.

2. vi., To frolic, jump, or skip about in sport; to struggle, twist, turn, writhe.

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s. See LAPA, a ridge. A stretching out; a rubbing against something; a rising or swelling up.

2. A hill or small mound on which kalo is planted.

Kulapa (kū'-lă'-pa), v.

/ kū'-lă'-pa / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Ku, to stand, and lapa, to jump about.]

1. To frolic; to jump about in sport; to skip in sportive pranks.

2. To struggle, as in efforts to be free; to twist, turn, wring, as one in distress.

3. To break up the ground preparatory to cultivation.

To jump, skip, or frolic about, as in sport.

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