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1. nvi., Ear; to hear (rare).

• Examples:
  • Lohe pepeiao, hearsay, to have heard only.
  • Pepeiao manana, protruding ears.
  • Pepeiao pili, ears pressing close to the head.
  • Pepeiao pilau, infected ear.
  • E heluhelu ma nā pepeiao o nā kānaka (Puk. 24.7), read in the audience of the people.
• References:
  • Cf. līpepeiao.

2. n., Cotyledon, as of beans.

3. n., Stipule, as of noni, a tree.

4. n., Scallops in lace.

5. n., Lugs or blocks inside a canoe hull to which the ʻiako, booms, and perhaps the mast (For. 5:633) are fastened.

6. n., Comb cleats for canoe thwarts or seats.

7. n., Chinese cake stuffed with meat, named for a resemblance to an ear.

• References:
  • Cf. cup-shaped mea ʻono puaʻa.

8. n., Long nets 30 to 37 m deep, attached at each side of the ʻupena kolo, bag net.

9. n., Valve of the heart.

10. Same as pepeiao akua.

kikino, Valve of the heart.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word
• Related:
  • Pepeiao ʻaʻapu. Semilunar valve.
  • Pepeiao pālua. Bicuspid valve.
  • Pepeiao pākolu. Tricuspid valve.

ʻUala kahiki pepeiao. Scalloped potatoes. Also ʻuala pepeiao.

Blocks inside the canoe to which the ʻiako (booms) were fastened; cleats to which canoe seats were affixed.

Ear.

Ear; to hear.

ear.