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Reduplication of pao #1, pao #2.

  • Examples:
    • Ua paopao ʻia ʻoia no kō kākou hala, he was wounded for our transgressions.
    • Paopao noho niʻa, blunt or proud speech [caused by] slander.
  • References:
    • PEP paʻopaʻo.

n. A species of ulua, a fish (Caranx speciosus); green and yellow with vertical green bands; considered one of the best fishes for eating raw.

v. See PAO, to peck; to strike at. To beat or bruise the head.

2. To beat or bruise generally. Isa. 53:5. To smite. Puk. 3:20.

s. A strife; a beating. Puk. 21:25. Paopaoia, beaten; bruised. Oihk. 22:24.

2. The name of a species of fish.

adj. Bound, as a prisoner; one in bondage. See PIO.

1. A strife; a beating.

2. A species of cavalla fish (Caranx speciosus).

[Pao, to peck; to strike at.]

1. To beat or bruise.

2. To beat or bruise generally; to smite.

3. To bore through anything by striking with a pointed instrument.

beating, strife. Land section, Kohala, Hawaii.

Point, north Lā-naʻi. Lit., scooping.

Yellow jack, ulua (Gnathanodon speciosus). The adults are whitish with faint dark bars; the young are yellow with distinct black bars. Grows to 3 feet. Popular for eating raw. Also called ulua paʻopaʻo. See momoni, nuku moneʻu.

To beat or bruise, generally. (Isa. 53:5.)

to beat; to peck repeatedly.

a maul.

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