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lāpuʻu

/ lā.puʻu / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

vs., Bunched up, humped up, curled up; crooked, bent over, arched; head bent forward, as of a bucking horse.

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    • Also: nāpuʻu.
    • hoʻolāpuʻu Caus/sim.

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LA-PUU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

v. See PUU, a heap. To coil up in a circle.

2. To bend or double over; to crook; nanaia iho la, ua lapuu ka welau o ke alelo iloko.

3. To hump up; to swell out like a hump-backed person. See HOOKOLO, also PUU.

LA-PUU

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

adj. Bunched or swelled out; o ke aalele lapuu.

Lapuu (lā'-pu'u), adj.

/ lā'-pu'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Bunched or swelled out; o ke aalele lapuu; crooked.

Lapuu (lā'-pu'u), v.

/ lā'-pu'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be bent or doubled over; to be crooked: Ua lapuu ka welau o ke alelo iloko, the end of the tongue is bent inward. To be humped up like a hump-backed person. Hoolapuu is the active form.

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