1. n. Dispute, argument, quarrel. hoʻo.paʻa.paʻa To argue, dispute; argument, quarrel.
2. Same as pāpaʻa 1. Ua paʻapaʻa kō lākou alelo i ka make wai (Isa. 41.17), their tongues burned with thirst. (PCP pakapaka.)
3. n. A fish (Dascyllus albisella).
4. n. A kind of sugar cane. Also hoʻopaʻapaʻa.
1. n. A sturdy mother-of-pearl; a strong pā.
2. vs. Securely closed, fastened. Pā paʻa ka puʻu (Nak. 106), the throat is shut tight [of one who can eat no more].
v. See PAA, burnt. To burn; to scorch; to be consumed by fire; e aiia e ke ahi.
2. To suffer thirst; to be thirsty.
3. To contend in words; to contradict; to dispute contentiously.
4. Hoo. To contend in dispute; to chide. Lunk. 8:1. To be at strife. 2 Sam. 19:9.
s. A dryness; a thirst; a parching or cracking, as the earth in the sun.
2. A disputing; a reasoning. Iob. 13:6.
3. Hoo. Disputation; altercation; strife. Kanl. 1:12.
s. Name of a species of fish.
adj. Burned; baked hard; parched; thirsty.
2. Bound tightly; made fast. See PAA.
1. A disputing; oral disputation.
2. Variant of papaa, a species of fish, also called pakii.
PAA 506 PAE
Hawaiian dascyllus, a demoiselle (Dascyllus albisella). Lives in large heads of finger coral. Reaches 5 inches in length. See ʻāloʻiloʻi, ula paʻapaʻa.
Dispute; argument; quarrel.
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