kū.paka
vt. To kick, thrash, as one in anger or as a child having a tantrum; to writhe, twist, struggle (Isa. 21.3); contorted. Ua hikiwawe kona make ʻana me ke kūpaka ʻole, his death came quickly without a struggle.
KU-PA-KA
v. To writhe; to twist; to bend this way and that; to move one way then another.
2. To be borne down or overwhelmed with sadness. Isa. 21:3.
3. To be in great perplexity and sleepless anxiety; to be fearful; to shrink from doing a thing; kupaka ae la aole e hiki.
4. To throw the limbs about, as in great pain.
kupaka
/ KU-PA-KA /s. A writhing; a bending this way and that; a tearing; a treating with violence.
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kupaka
/ kū'-pă'-ka /1. n., A writhing; a bending this way and that.
2. n., A tearing; a treaty with violence.
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Kupaka (kū'-pă'-ka), v.
/ kū'-pă'-ka /1. To writhe; to twist; to bend this way and that; to move one way then another, as in anguish or anger.
2. To throw the limbs about, as in great pain.
3. To strive with contortions of the body. Kupaka ae la aole e hiki, he struggled without success.
Kūpaka
Beach, ʻEwa Beach, Oʻahu. Shore where ʻEwa Beach Park is now. Lit., to kick or thrash in anger (as a child's temper tantrum).
kupaka
to writhe, twist.
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