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1. nvt., To snap or snatch with the teeth; snatching.

2. Same as apuapu #2.

Nā LepiliTags: metaphors

1. n.v., Coconut shell cup; to drink (For. 6:471).

  • References:
    • PPN kapu.

2. n., General name for medical potions, as made of taro, yam, or herbs.

  • Examples:
    • Kalo ʻapu, taro used as medicine.

3. n., A taro cultivar, perhaps related to the ʻapuwai.

  • References:
    • TC3.

Nā LepiliTags: medicine flora kalo

1. v., To run after; to chase with a design of overtaking another.

2. To devour food greedily.

1. s., A cup made of cocoanut shell for drinking awa; he apu ka iwi o ka niu.

2. A dish; a cup of any material.

3. MET. Affliction; suffering; he kiaha; also,

4. Water in which kalo has been soaked, a kind of medicine; apu kalo, apu laau; the cup gives name to the drink.

s., A file; a rasp. 1 Sam. 13:20.

1. n., A small drinking-vessel, usually made of coconut shell; a cup. He apu ka iwi o ka niu.

2. n., Any hollow vessel of whatever shape, size, or material, used for serving food at meals; a cup or bowl; a dish.

3. n., The contents of a cup.

4. n., Figuratively, any unusual affliction or pleasure; lot.

5. n., The act or process of devouring.

6. n., Destructive action, especially operating with violence; ruin; desolation; ravage: ke apu a ka niuhi. the ravages of the man-eater (shark).

7. n., A file; a rasp. See apuapu.

1. v., To eat up greedily or ravenously; to devour.

2. v., To destroy wantonly; to make away with violently or recklessly; to waste.

3. v., To lay waste by devouring or some other destructive method; to ravage: Apu ka niuhi i ka moana; the man-eater (shark) ravages the ocean.

Coconut-shell cup for drinking ʻawa and herb medicines. See ʻaʻapū.

General name for medical potions, as made of taro, yams, or herbs. The drink takes its name from the coconut-shell cup.

coconut shell cup; small bowl.

s. a cup made of cocoanut shell for drinking awa; a dish, a cup, met. affliction, suffering.

or A-pu-a-pu, s. a file, a rasp.

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