1. Same as pilipili; tenacious.
2. n., Drymaria (Drymaria cordata 🌐), a slender, weedy herb, with rounded leaves, tiny flowers, and tiny one-seeded dry fruits with sticky stems, which catch on passersby. It is a tropical shade-dwelling plant.
3. Same as ʻihi kūkae hipa, kūkae hipa, a weed.
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1. v., See pili. To stick fast to, as with pitch; to cleave to. Kanl. 13:18.
2. To adhere to one, as a friend; to fasten; to adhere to, as the tongue to the roof of the mouth, i.e., to be speechless. Hal. 137:5.
3. To be joined or united with; to belong to.
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1. n., Adherence for what can be acquired.
2. n., A follower for gain.
3. n., A begging repeatedly; if one obtains to go again, like a fly when brushed away it returns again: ike nei poe kanaka i ka pipili o nei kanaka i ko lakou nei kumu.
4. n., Any adhesive substance.
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[Pili, to adhere.]
1. v., To stick fast to, as with pitch; to cleave to.
2. v., To adhere to one. as a friend: to fasten; to adhere to, as the tongue to the roof of the mouth, that is, to be speechless.
3. v., To be joined or united with; to belong to.
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