1. nvs., Slave, bond servant; hard labor; oppressed, enslaved; slavish, back-breaking, servile, downtrodden.
2. n., The chiton (Acanthochiton viridis), a small sea creature used in the māwaewae ceremony for babies.
3. n., A variety of destructive caterpillar.
4. vs., Parched and dried, as breadfruit.
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v. Kua, back, and pua, hard. To harden the back, i.e., to be hard upon one; to oppress.
2. To press or urge one to evil; e ala, e hele mai i kahi e kuapaa ole ai na uhane i ka hewa.
3. Hoo. To make one's back tough or callous with hard labor, as by carrying burdens and other hard work.
4. To have or exercise great patience under hard labor or cruel treatment.
s. A name given to bread-fruit which remains on the trees long after the season is over and is parched on the side next the sun.
2. The name of a worm that eats vegetables.
3. Name of a species of fish.
4. A coral reef or rock showing itself above water, though sometimes water may be over it.
adj. Hard; severe; slavish.
2. Laborious; hurried with work; kauwa kuapaa, a slave.
3. Parched on one side; he ulu kuapaa.
1. Severe; harsh toward servants.
2. Laborious; hard worked; slavish; hurried with work; kauwa kuapaa, a slave.
3. Parched on one side:
1. A variety of caterpillar destructive to plants.
2. Breadfruit which remains on the trees long after the season is over and is parched on the side next the sun.
3. Coral reefs which are alternately exposed and submerged by the flow of the tides.
4. Marine mollusk, described by natives as about two inches long and covered on the back with about eight very hard scales, whence its name kuapaa, hard back.
5. A kind of crab with an extra hard back.
[Kua, back, and paa, hard.]
1. To harden the back, that is, to be hard upon one; to oppress.
2. To be compelled to do; to be under a master.
Destructive caterpillar that eats vegetable plants. (A.)
Coral reef or rock showing itself above water, though water may flow over it. (A.)
The chiton (Acanthochiton viridis). A small sea creature used in the māwaewae ceremony for babies, but not edible. This is the largest Hawaiʻi species. It is greenish, and a large specimen can be 1 inch long. It is found in holes and under rubble in tide pools.
Breadfruit, parched with one side exposed to the sun (referring to the fruit that remains on the tree after the season has ended); a human back, hard and calloused, from carrying heavy burdens and performing hard labor; slavish, oppressed, severe.
bondman: severe; laborious.
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