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kūpenu

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

vt., To dip, to dye by dipping; to sop up; to dab as with a wet cloth; to plunge into water, immerse.

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1. v., To dip into coloring matter. Kin. 37:31. To stain by immersion; to dip, as into blood or any liquid. Kanl. 33:37. To plunge into a ditch. Iob. 9:31.

2. To smooth, as a ruffled kapa; to press down.

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kupenu

/ kŭ'-pē'-nu / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To dip into liquid.

2. v., To color by dipping into dyestuffs.

3. v., To plunge into water; to immerse forcibly. See lumai.

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To dye by dipping; to smooth a ruffled kapa. Also called luʻu, hoʻoluʻu.

to dip; to dye by dipping.

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