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1. nvt., A support, prop, stool, pavement, house platform; plate of a house on which the rafters rest; block to keep an outrigger float off the ground; log or wooden horse that supports a seesaw; to support, hold up, sustain; rows. Loina paepae āhua, customs that add prestige; literally, elevated mound customs. E paepae mai i ka uluna ā kiʻekiʻe, pile the pillows high. Paepae ʻoʻopu, old term for a built-up pool for keeping ʻoʻopu fish. hoʻo.pae.pae To build up a paepae (platform) or a taro embankment; to finish a space in quilting. PPN paepae.

2. Reduplication of pae #2.

• Related:
  • hoʻopaepae Caus/sim.; Reduplication of hoʻopae.

3. n., Boom of a ship.

• References:
  • Cf. kaula paepae.

4. Same as iwi ʻaoʻao.

1. v., To hold or bear up; to support; to sustain. Puk. 17:12.

2. To sound; to proclaim; to publish abroad, as a report.

3. To make a great and confused noise; to converse in a loud manner; to gabble; to talk confusedly.

4. To spread; to float off, as a sound.

5. To run along the ground.

s., Any substance upon which another lies to keep it from the ground; a stool; a threshold; a supporter; a prop. 1 Sam. 5:4. The plate of a house on which the rafters rest; a pavement of stones.

Indistinct, confused, said of sound.

n., Confused noises; confusion in sounds.

n., Any substance upon which another lies to keep it from the ground; a stool; a threshold; a supporter; a prop; the plate of a house on which the rafters rest; a pavement of stones; a platform.

v., To hold or bear up; to support; to sustain.

platform, pavement, threshold.

to bear up, support.

Pavement, house platform (PE).