lepa
1. n. Flag, ensign, place marked by a flag, tapa cloth on end of a stick, as used to mark a taboo area. Cf. kālepa. (PCP lepa.)
2. Same as lepe 1; hem. (Puk. 28.33.) (PCP lepa.)
3. Var. of kepa, notched.
4. Rare var. of lepe, cockscomb.
LE-PA
v. To roll up the eyes.
2. To stand up, as the comb of a cock.
3. To cut a piece of cloth obliquely; e oki kapakahi.
lepa
/ LE-PA /s., A border, hem or fringe of a garment. Puk. 28:33. A skirt or flowing of a garment; he kihi o ke kapa, he mea e lewalewa ana malalo. 1 Sam. 24:5.
2. An ensign; a flag used in a war canoe; the flag used at the door of a sacred house.
3. Anything standing up edgeways and making a show, as the comb of a cock. NOTE.—The lepa was a piece of kapa tied at the end of a stick as a sign or flag and used for various purposes; i ke kukulu ana a ua poe kahuna la i ko lakou lepa, on the putting up of those priests their flag; a hahaiia ka lepa a ua poe kahuna la, the flag of the priests was torn away.
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Lepa (lē'-pa), n.
/ lē'-pa /1. A border, hem or fringe of a garment. (Puk. 28:33.) A skirt or flowing of a garment; he kihi o ke kapa, he mea e lewalewa ana malalo. (I. Sam. 24:5.)
2. An ensign; a flag used in a war canoe; the flag used at the door of a sacred house.
3. Anything standing up edgewise and making a show, as the comb of a cock. (The lepa was a piece of tapa tied at the end of a stick as a sign or flag and used for various purposes; i ke kukulu ana a ua poe kahuna la i ko lakou lepa, when the priests put up their flag; a haehaeia ka lepa a ua poe kahuna Ia, the flag of the priests was torn away.]
Lepa (lē'-pa), v.
/ lē'-pa /1. Same as leha. to turn the eyes upward or sideways.
2. Same as kepa, to cut obliquely.
3. To snap with the teeth; to strike with spurs, as fighting cocks; to prick.
lepa
flag, garment border or fringe.
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