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Same as papau.

  • Examples:
    • Ke kū lā nā kiʻi ʻelua i ka paupau make (For. 6:369), the two images stood there in the slaughter of all.

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Redup. of paʻu 1, 2.

paʻūpaʻū

/ paʻū.paʻū / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. Reduplication of paʻū.

2. n., Overlaid tapa said to be so called because it was wet during its manufacture; sometimes worn by dancers.

  • References:
    • Kam. 76:115

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kikino Tapa, bark cloth. Dic.

v. See PAU, to cease. To make an end of; to break off. Hoo. To cease doing a thing; e hoopaupau i kela kamailio keia kamailio e lealea ai, cease all conversation that leads to licentiousness.

s. Hoo. A breaking off from any practice; a putting an end to it.

adj. Bad; evil; dirty; old or worn out, as mats or kapas; paupau kahi kapa; filthy; dirty; unclean.

Paupau (pa'u-pă-ū'), adj.

/ pa'u-pă-ū' / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Wet; damp; moist; mouldy.

Paupau (pă'u-pă'u), n.

/ pă'u-pă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Nothing.

Paupau (pă'u-pă'u), v.

/ pă'u-pă'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Same as hoopau; to make an end of; to finish.

Paupau (pă'u-pa'u) :

/ pă'u-pa'u / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

needless weariness. Elevation. Lahaina. Maui.

Paʻupaʻu

WahiLocation, Place Names of Hawaiʻi (1974),

Ditch and hill (2,561 feet high) near Lahaina Luna, Maui, now called Mount Ball, where David Malo is buried. (For a saying, see Appendix 8.1.) Lit., drudgery (servants were weary of bringing water to bathe the chief's child).

Kapa that was wet during its making. (PE.)

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