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vs., Deeply engaged, as in an activity; finished; engrossed, absorbed, united; all, all together.

  • Examples:
    • Ua papau koʻu noʻonoʻo i ka hana, my entire thoughts are absorbed in the work.
    • Papau pū lākou i ka ʻeha, they were all hurt.
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pāpaʻu

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

nvs., Shallow, shoal.

  • Examples:
    • Pāpaʻu ka ʻike o kēlā kanaka, that man's knowledge is shallow.
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v. Pa and pau, to be all; to be entire. To be deeply engaged in thought; to engage with all the powers of the mind in some research; to have full confidence in.

2. Hoo. To be fully engaged; to be all in earnest; to give the whole attention of heart and mind. 1 Oihl. 22:19.

3. To be entire; to be altogether or chiefly engaged in some pursuit; e hoopapau hoi ma ka hana maikai. Hoopapau iho la ke alii ma ka aie, the king's great business was to get into debt. Hoopapau loa oia i ka inu i ka rama, he drank rum with all his might.

4. To fill up; to raise up a heap; to suck in and fill up the mouth with water like a fish.

5. To be shallow, as water; to flow off, as the sea at low tide, leaving the water on the rocks shallow; to be at low tide; e kai make; a papau ae la ka Pele ma Oahu, alaila lele oia i Maui; a papau hou iho la ma Haleakala, lele hou oia i Kilauea, when Pele's dominions became shallow on Oahu (i. e., when burnt down near to the level of the sea), then she leaped over to Maui; and when she became shallow again at Haleakala, she again jumped over to Kilauea.

s. Shallowness; littleness; no depth, as water.

2. A ford of a river. Kin. 32:22. Fewness. Mat. 13:15.

3. With make, a graveyard. See PAPAUMAKE.

adj. Shallow, as water; not deep; kahi papau, a fording place.

Papau (pā'-pa'u), adj.

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

Shallow, as water; not deep; kahi papau, a fording place.

Papau (pā'-pa'u), n.

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

1. Shallowness; littleness; having no depth, as water.

2. A shallow place.

Papau (pā'-pa'u), v.

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

[Pa and pau, to be all; to be entire.]

1. To be deeply engaged in thought; to engage with all the powers of the mind in some research; to have full confidence in.

2. To be shallow, as water; to flow off, as the sea at low tide, leaving the water on the rocks shallow; to be at low tide; he kai make. A papau ae la ka Pele ma Oahu, alaila lele oia i Maui; a papau hou iho la ma Haleakala, lele hou oia i Kilauea, when Pele's dominions became shallow on Oahu (that is, when burnt down near to the level of the sea), then she leaped over to Maui; and when they became shallow again at Haleakala, she again jumped over to Kilauea.

Shallowness, no depth, as at low tide.

To flow off, as the sea at low tide leaving shallow water on the rocks; to be at low tide. Kahi pāpaʻu, a fording place.

a bar: shallow.

Shallow, shoal (PE).

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