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poʻo.puaʻa

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n.

1. Head pupil in a hula school. Lit., pig head, so named because the head pupil provided a pig or pig-head offering. Cf. UL 29.

2. Image of a pig, carved of wood such as kukui, placed on the stone heap marking the boundary of an ahupuaʻa land division.

3. Offering. See ex., puaʻa 1.

POO-PU-AA

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s One of the wooden gods in a heiau whose head resembled a hog’s; a like me ke poopuaa ke kii, ua kapaia kela kii he puaa kukui ka inoa.

Poopuaa (po'o-pū'-a'a), n.

/ po'o-pū'-a'a / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

[Poo, head; puaa, a pig.] One of the wooden gods in a heiau or ternple whose head resembled that, of a hog: a like me ke poopuaa ke kii, ua kapaia kela kii he puaa kukui ka inoa.

Poopuaa (po'o-puā'ā):

/ po'o-puā'ā / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

hog's head. Elevation, Hamakua, Hawaii.

poʻopuaʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

One of the wooden gods in a heiau, the head of which resembled that of a hog; image of a hog, used as a boundary marker of the land division ahupuaʻa.

poʻopuaʻa

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

One of the wooden gods in a heiau that resembles a hog. Lit., head pig.

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