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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.

s. A kite.

2. The end of the outrigger of a canoe. See KANAKA.

3. A species of fish.

4. A large creature of the sea. See HIHI-MANU.

Lupe (lū'-pe), n.

/ lū'-pe / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. A kite.

2. The end of the outrigger of a canoe, also called kanaka.

3. The spotted sting-ray, also called hihimanu.

Kite.

Flattened end of the fore outrigger float, outside the tied joint of the outrigger float and the boom.

See hailepo, sting ray.

a kite.

Ehu, lauoho ehu.

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