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nvi. Taro or sweet potatoes eaten with no preparation other than scraping or baking, i.e., without being pounded into poi or mixed with coconut cream; to take food from the oven and eat it informally; to have potluck.

s. See KUPU and AIKUPUU.

Kupuu (kū'-pu'u), n.

/ kū'-pu'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Hard, dry food. Food cooked and eaten without any further preparation than the cooking: He wahi kupuu ko makou aina; we have a little hard taro for our meal. See kupu and aikupuu.

Taro or sweet potatoes eaten with no other preparation than scraping or baking. (PE.)

Preparation of sweet potatoes by baking, but no pounding into poi or mixing with coconut cream.

E huli iā “kūpuʻu” ma Ulukau.

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