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peʻapeʻa

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

1. Reduplication of peʻa #1; crossing. Figuratively, entangled, perplexity.

2. n., Hawaiian bat (Lasiurus cinereus 🌐).

  • References:
    • Probably PPN pekapeka.

3. n., Small peʻa, starfish.

  • References:
    • KL. line 18.

4. Reduplication of peʻa #7; filthy, unclean; slime.

  • References:
    • KL. lines 589–92.

5. See peʻapeʻa pōhaku.

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v. See PEA, v. To get into a difficulty; to quarrel; to be opposed to; to be entangled.

2. To be crossed together; to be braided or woven, as mats.

adj. Difficult; perplexed; entangled; twisted; braided or woven together.

s. Water made dirty by washing fish or other things.

2. The crossing of slats, as in verandas, at an oblique angle.

Kohola i ka peapea,

Koele iho lena kahakai—e—

Lena kohola i ka peapea ike,

Holo ia ole ia ka heka,

Kaheka Hilo ma ka ua,

He makaha ua i ka lani.

Peapea (pe'a-pe'a), adj.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Difficult; perplexed; entangled; twisted; braided or woven together.

Peapea (pe'a-pe'a), n.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Dirty water; water made turbid by disturbance in the undertow.

Peapea (pe'a-pe'a), v.

Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

To weave cross-wise; to construct by crossing the material used in the making, as in lattice work.

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