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1. n., Hem or fringe, as of a garment; any loose attachment, as of torn cloth or torn flesh.

• Examples:
  • Nohae mai nei kuʻu lole ā lepe, my dress was torn and a piece hung loose.
• Related:
  • hoʻolepe Caus/sim.; To cut, tear; to stir, as water.
• References:
  • Cf. lepa, ʻūlepe.
  • PEP lepe .

2. n., Rooster comb; turkey wattles.

• References:
  • PCP lepe .

1. n. Flag, ensign, place marked by a flag, tapa cloth on end of a stick, as used to mark a taboo area. Cf. kālepa. (PCP lepa.)

2. Same as lepe 1; hem. (Puk. 28.33.) (PCP lepa.)

3. Var. of kepa, notched.

4. Rare var. of lepe, cockscomb.

adj. Diagonally; from corner to corner; e opiopi lepe, fold from corner to corner.

Diagonally; from corner to corner; e opiopi lepe, fold from corner to corner.

v. Ai and lepe, the comb of a cock.

1.To turn up and back.

2.To ruck, as the skin when broken, or as kapa when ruffed.

v. To stand erect, as the comb of a cock. See LEPE. To stand erect, as the hair when one is cold.

2. To be rough.

[Lepe, the comb of a cock.]

1. To stand erect, as the comb of a cock; to stand erect, as the hair when one is cold.

2. To be rough; to stand up stiffly, as the hair of one in great fear; to bristle up with anger.

vt. To cut, stir. See lepe.

v. See LEPE, the comb of a cock. To be scalloped out, as the comb of a cock; to be cut out.

[Hoo and lepe, diagonally.] To cause the edge to be cut or folded diagonally like the edge of a scallop shell or the comb of a cock.

adv. Diagonally; from corner to corner; e opiopi panaiki, the same as opiopi lepe, to fold up catacornered.

Diagonally; from corner to corner: e opiopi panaiki, the same as opiopi lepe, to fold up diagonally.

Pas/imp. of lepe 1.