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kapuaʻi

/ kapu.aʻi / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Sole of the foot, footprint, footstep, tread, track; foot in measurement; paw of an animal.

  • Examples:
    • Hele mai, ē Kāne, he kapuaʻi akua, he kapuaʻi kanaka (ancient prayer), come, O Kāne, walk as a god, walk as a man.
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2. n., Part of the canoe float where the outrigger boom (ʻiako) is joined; the after one is the kapuaʻi hope.

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    • Also: kapuwaʻi.

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kapuaʻi

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Foot, a unit of measurement.

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    • Abbreviated as kp.

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KA-PU-AI

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. The sole or bottom of the foot. Ios. 1:3.

Kapuai (kă'-pŭ-a'i), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. The sole of the foot.

2. A footprint; a footstep.

3. Mod. A foot in measure (twelve inches).

4. Paw: kapuai manamana, the paw of an animal. (The Hawaiians have no word for foot in distinction from wawae, leg; but wawae includes often both foot and leg; so lima signifies arm including the hand, but there is no specific word for hand.)

Kapuai (kă-pu-ā'i):

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

foot print. Land section, Ewa, Oahu.

Ka-puaʻi

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

Ancient surfing area, bay or district, Hāna, Maui. (Finney 1959a:52.) Lit., the flow [of water].

kapuaʻi

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Sole of the foot.

kapua‘i

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

footprint, sole, foot measure.

kapuaʻi

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. One foot or 12 inches (abbreviated kap.). Nahaolelua v. Kaaahu, 9 Haw. 600, 601 (1894). 2. Foot in measurement (PE). 3. A foot in measure (12 inches) (AP).

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