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1. Variant of lupa.

2. n., A deep cave or chasm; gloominess, as in a cave.

3. vs., Enlarged, swollen.

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v. To enlarge; to swell; to be full, as one having over eaten.

s. A deep pit; a deep, dark pit; a softening, as of the ground by rain; i ka nupa ae lepo a ka ka ua.

Nupa (nū'-pa), n.

/ nū'-pa / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Darkness; obscurity; gloom, as the partial darkness in a deep pit or cavern.

Nupa (nū'-pa), v.

/ nū'-pa / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To be enlarged: to swell; to be full, as one having overeaten.

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