1. vt., To knead, as bread dough or very hard fresh poi.
2. vt., To dub out the inside of a log for a canoe hull; to scoop out, as a trench; to dig and plow, as a taro patch.
3. n., Concoction of juices of herbs mixed with poi, tender taro leaves, coconut cream, mashed sweet potato, and other food.
4. vt., To fatten.
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v. To bruise, as fruit to soften it; to soften; to pound up, as kalo.
2. To feed full or till surfeited, as a parent does a child or a pet dog; e kupele i ka ilio.
v. To mix up or work over poi the day after it is made. See HOOWALI. Huli ka waha (ka waa) iluna, alaila kupele maloko.
2. To dig out the inside of a canoe.
s. The name of a medicine given to soften the pou two or three days before the waiki or poepoe.
1. A medicine.
2. A process of breaking up the inside parts of anything, as in excavating.
1. To bruise, as fruit to soften it; to soften; to pound up, as taro; rub to pieces.
2. To feed full or till surfeited, as a parent does a child or a pet dog: e kupele I ka ilio.
3. To dig out the inside of by the process of kupele or softening and breaking up, said of digging out the inside of a log in the making of a canoe.
4. To mix up or work over poi the day after it is made. Huli ka waha (ka waa) iluna, alaila kupele maloko. See hoowali.
5. To dig out the inside of a canoe.
To scoop or dig out the inside of a log for a canoe.
Concoction of herb juices mixed with poi, mashed potatoes, and other foods. Kūpele, as a medical term, is difficult to define. (BHK.)
To hollow out the inside of a log for a canoe.
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