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vs., Weak, soft, limber, flexible, supple, fragile, flimsy, feeble, frail, tender.

• Examples:
  • Naʻau palupalu, soft hearted.
  • Maka palupalu, tender-eyed (as pretty girls).
  • ʻŌlelo palupalu, soft-spoken, gentle in speech, easy to understand.
  • Ka ʻaoʻao palupalu (Kel. 85), the weaker sex.
• Related:
  • hoʻopalupalu Caus/sim.; To soften, weaken, mollify, make pliant or flexible; to feign softness.
• References:
  • PCP palupalu.

v. See PALU. To be tender; to be soft; to be weak; to be flexible.

2. To be tender either physically or morally; to be enfeebled, as the body. 2 Sam. 4:1. Ua palupalu ke keiki, the child is feeble; ua palupalu kona naau, he is tender hearted.

3. Hoo. To soften; to fatten; to make weak.

s. Tenderness; softness; flexibility; weakness; want of strength.

2. The name of a pa-u colored yellow.

adj. Weak; feeble; soft. Kin. 33:13. Pliable; limber; tender. Kanl. 28:54. Large, fat and weak. See POLUPOLU.

Weak; feeble; soft. Pliable; limber; tender.

1. Tenderness; softness; flexibility; weakness; want of strength.

A pa-u or tapa garment colored yellow.

1. To be tender; to be soft; to he weak; to be flexible.

2. To be tender either physically or morally; to be enfeebled, as the body: Ua palupalu ke keiki, the child is feeble; ua palupalu kona naau, he is tender hearted.

Tender, soft, flexible, weak, feeble, pliable, limber. ʻōlelo palupalu, soft-spoken, gentle in speech.

Variety of sweet potato with a soft root. (NP 126.)

weak, feeble, soft.