lupe
n.
1. Kite. Cf. kaʻiālupe. Hoʻolele lupe, to fly a kite. Four types of lupe were said to exist; lupe lā, a round kite, lit., sun kite; lupe mahina, kite with tapa covering cut in a crescent shape, lit., moon kite; lupe manu, kite with wings on the side, lit., bird kite; lupe maoli, kite suggestive of European kites in shape, lit., genuine kite. (PPN lupe.)
2. Same as hīhīmanu, sting ray.
3. Flattened end of the forward end of the outrigger float outside of the joining of the outrigger boom to the float.
4. A kind of seaweed.