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kumupaʻa

/ kumu.paʻa / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. n., Principal, capital (contrasting with interest).

2. n., Firm foundation, ancient times, firmly established.

  • Examples:
    • Kauā kumupaʻa (Kep. 101), outcasts from the earliest ancestors.

3. n., Family god (same as the much more common ʻaumakua).

  • Related:
    • Maʻi kumupaʻa, disease caused by offending a kumupaʻa.

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kumupaʻa

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

kikino, Principal, i.e. money loaned, usually at a given interest rate and for a specified time.

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  • Related:
    • Also: kālā kumupaʻa.
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KU-MU-PAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. Kumu and paa, fast. To have a fast foundation. Hoo. To establish; to confirm. Hal. 99:4.

KU-MU-PAA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. Kumu and paa, complete. The sum in distinction from its parts; the principal in distinction from the interest.

Kumupaa (kū'-mŭ-pa'a), n.

/ kū'-mŭ-pa'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Kumu, the beginning, and paa, fixed.]

1. That which is firmly fixed; a solid foundation.

2. [Mod.] The principal, a sum of money placed at interest in distinction from panee, interest paid for the use of money.

Kumupaa (kū'-mŭ-pa'a), v.

/ kū'-mŭ-pa'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Kumu, bottom or foundation, and paa, immovable.]

2. To be fixed firmly.

kumupa‘a

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

principal, capital; solid foundation.

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