paepae
/ pae.pae /1. nvt., A support, prop, stool, pavement, house platform; plate of a house on which the rafters rest; block to keep an outrigger float off the ground; log or wooden horse that supports a seesaw; to support, hold up, sustain; rows. Loina paepae āhua, customs that add prestige; literally, elevated mound customs. E paepae mai i ka uluna ā kiʻekiʻe, pile the pillows high. Paepae ʻoʻopu, old term for a built-up pool for keeping ʻoʻopu fish. hoʻo.pae.pae To build up a paepae (platform) or a taro embankment; to finish a space in quilting. PPN paepae.
2. Reduplication of pae #2.
3. n., Boom of a ship.
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- Cf. kaula paepae.
4. Same as iwi ʻaoʻao.
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