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kūpaʻa

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

n.v., Steadfast, firm, constant, immovable; loyal, faithful; determined; loyalty, allegiance, firmness.

  • Examples:
    • Kūpaʻa ka manaʻo, faithful in thought; settled in the mind.
    • Kūpaʻa kākou mahope o ke aliʻi, we are loyal to the chief.
  • Related:
    • hoʻokūpaʻa Caus/sim.; To remain loyal, firm, etc.; to persist, perform, make fast, strengthen, fortify, establish.
      • Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻoe i nā kuli e hemo ana (Ioba 4.4), you have strengthened feeble knees.
      • Hoʻokūpaʻa i ka ʻōlelo o kēia pelika (2 Nal. 23.3), perform the words of this covenant.
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KU-PAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Ku, to stand, and paa, fast. To stand fast or firmly, as a material object.

2. To stand fast morally; to continue constant, as a person intent upon his purpose; e hoomanawanui.

3. FIG. To confirm; to prove true, as a promise or covenant. Rom. 9:11. To confirm, as an agreement. 2 Nal. 23:3. Hoo. To confirm; to establish. 2 Oihl. 7:18.

KU-PAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Unmovable; constant, as a memorial pillar.

2. Unshaken in mind or purpose.

3. Firm; strong, as an arm; flxed, as a plan; olelo kupaa, an ordinance; a covenant; a statute. Puk. 21:1.

KU-PAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adv. Fully; thoroughly; firmly. Kanl. 1:36.

Kupaa (kū'-pa'a), adj.

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

1. Unmovable; constant, as a memorial pillar.

2. Unshaken in mind or purpose.

3. Firm; strong, as an arm; fixed, as a plan; olelo kupaa, an ordinance; a covenant; a statute.

Kupaa (kū'-pa'a), adv.

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

Firmly; in a manner not easily moved.

Kupaa (kū'-pa'a), v.

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

[Ku, to stand, and paa, fast.]

1. To stand fast or firmly, as a material object.

2. To stand fast morally; to continue constant, as a person intent upon his purpose; e hoomanawanui.

Kū-paʻa

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

Gulch, Wai-luku qd., West Maui. Drive, Pālolo, Honolulu (TM). Lit., steadfast.

kupa‘a

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

firm, strong, fixed; to stand fast.

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