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1. n., Flag, ensign, place marked by a flag, tapa cloth on end of a stick, as used to mark a taboo area.

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2. Same as lepe #1; hem.

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    • Puk. 28.33.
    • PCP lepa.

3. Variant of kepa, notched.

4. Rare variant of lepe, cockscomb.

1. v., To roll up the eyes.

2. To stand up, as the comb of a cock.

3. To cut a piece of cloth obliquely; e oki kapakahi.

1. s., A border, hem or fringe of a garment. Puk. 28:33. A skirt or flowing of a garment; he kihi o ke kapa, he mea e lewalewa ana malalo. 1 Sam. 24:5.

2. An ensign; a flag used in a war canoe; the flag used at the door of a sacred house.

3. Anything standing up edgeways and making a show, as the comb of a cock. NOTE.—The lepa was a piece of kapa tied at the end of a stick as a sign or flag and used for various purposes; i ke kukulu ana a ua poe kahuna la i ko lakou lepa, on the putting up of those priests their flag; a hahaiia ka lepa a ua poe kahuna la, the flag of the priests was torn away.

1. n., A border, hem or fringe of a garment. (Puk. 28:33.) A skirt or flowing of a garment; he kihi o ke kapa, he mea e lewalewa ana malalo. (I. Sam. 24:5.)

2. n., An ensign; a flag used in a war canoe; the flag used at the door of a sacred house.

3. n., Anything standing up edgewise and making a show, as the comb of a cock. (The lepa was a piece of tapa tied at the end of a stick as a sign or flag and used for various purposes; i ke kukulu ana a ua poe kahuna la i ko lakou lepa, when the priests put up their flag; a haehaeia ka lepa a ua poe kahuna Ia, the flag of the priests was torn away.)

1. v., Same as leha. to turn the eyes upward or sideways.

2. v., Same as kepa, to cut obliquely.

3. v., To snap with the teeth; to strike with spurs, as fighting cocks; to prick.

flag, garment border or fringe.

s. an ensign, a flag used in a war canoe, a piece of cloth (kapa) tied to a stick and placed at the door of a sacred house.

s. a border, hem, or fringe of a garment, a small piece of cloth.

v. to roll up the eyes.

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