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kapakahi

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / kapa.kahi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., One-sided, crooked, lopsided, sideways; bent, askew; biased, partial to one side; to show favoritism.

  • Literally, one side.
  • Examples:
    • Kū kapakahi ka lā ma Waiʻanae (saying), the sun appears lopsided at Waiʻanae [said by the goddess Hiʻiaka while her lover was dallying with someone else, hence said of any unlawful dallying].
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kapakahi

/ KA-PA-KA-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj., Kapa, side, and kahi, one. One-sided; uneven; crooked; partial to one party to the injury of another; lawe kapakahi, to act with partiality.

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kapakahi

/ KA-PA-KA-HI / Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v., To act partially; to put out of square; to turn aside.

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kapakahi

/ kă'-pă-kā'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Kapa, side, and kahi, one.]

1. adj., One-sided; uneven; crooked.

2. adj., Partial to one party to the injury of another: lawe kapakahi, to act with partiality.

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kapakahi

/ kă'-pă-kā'-hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. v., To act partially.

2. v., To put out of square.

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Kapakahi

/ kā'pă-kā'hi / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

one sided. Land section, Oahu.

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Kapakahi

Wahi ｜ Location, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Gulch, Waiʻalae, Honolulu, Oʻahu. Literally, crooked.

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kapakahi

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

one sided; crooked; partial.

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