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1. Plural of kapa #3; human crotch; kilu quoit shots that stray from the mark.

• References:
  • PPN tapatapa.

2. Reduplication of kapa #2; to invoke, summon.

• Examples:
  • Inoa kapakapa, nickname, fictitious name, pet name, pen name, alias, assumed name.
• References:
  • PPN tapatapa.

3. Reduplication of kapa #5.

4. vs., Well-off, enjoyable.

• Examples:
  • Kapakapa ka nohona, prosperous condition.

5. (Cap.) n., Name of a star.

v. To be lame in the hip joint.

2. To call by an assumed or fictitious name. See KAPA, v.

adj. Fictitious; assumed, as one's name; he inoa kapakapa; an assumed name for purposes of concealment.

s. See KAPA. The labia of females; kahi huluhulu.

2. The crotch of men; he mai kapakapa uha i ka manawa e hele loihi ai.

Fictitious; assumed, as one's name; he inoa kapakapa, an assumed name for any purpose.

1. The labia of females. Singular is kapa.

2. The crotch of men.

[Freq. of kapa to call or name.]

1. To call by assumed or fictitious names.

2. To call in a familiar manner.

3. To call as a suppliant: E kapakapa ae no hoi oe i kou mau aumakua, call or invoke your ancestral gods.

fictitious. Land section, Koolaupoko, Oahu.

Human crotch.

Lameness in the hip joint, aggravated by friction between the ball and socket of the hip joint from long, hard walks. (DK.)

assumed name, alias: fictitious.