1. nvt. To fold ti leaves into a cuplike package, as for dipping water or for baking food in the oven; such a package. hoʻo.pī.ʻao To make such a package. (PCP pi(i)kao; Cf. Marquesan pikao.)
2. vs. Curling or shriveling, as of leaves in the heat; crumpling up, as of meeting waves. (Isa. 25.5.)
v. To curl up, as a leaf in the sun or as paper; piao la’i, a leaf folded up for a cup.
s. The hot reflection of the sun on a smooth surface or dry land; in the abstract, heat. Isa. 25:5.
The effect of heat on the leaves of plants; a curling up or shriveling.
To be curled up, as a leaf; to be folded in the form of a cup.
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