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kū.pala

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n.

1. An endemic gourd (Sicyos pachycarpa). Cf. ʻānunu and pua-o-Kama.

2. Same as kākū, barracuda.

3. A wild sweet potato or morning-glory with enlarged tuber, eaten in time of famine. Also paha, ʻuala koali. (HP 214). Ka-hoʻolawe, ʻai kūpala, Ka hoʻolawe, eater of kūpala. [Kūpala was eaten here for lack of other food.].

KU-PA-LA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The name of a vegetable, the root eaten in time of scarcity.

2. The name of a species of long fish; he kaku.

Kupala (kū'-pă'-la), n.

/ kū'-pă'-la / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. Another name of the kaku, a fish.

2. Same as pala.

kūpala

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Barracuda. Also called kākū. See kawelea.

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