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kaupoku

/ kau.poku / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Ridgepole, highest point, roof, ceiling, attic; to set up a ridgepole. Figuratively, greatest.

  • Examples:
    • Kiʻekiʻe kaupoku o Hanalei, the high ridgepole of Hanalei [said of conceited or willful persons; a pun on a place name at Hanalei].
    • Kāhiko ka nani i Kamaʻe, ke kaupoku lā o ke ʻala (chant for Liliʻuokalani), beauty adorns Kamaʻe, the greatest fragrance.
  • Related:

2. vt., To thatch.

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kaupoku

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

See papa kaupoku. ʻIole kaupoku. Roof rat.

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