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HuliSearch «poepoe»: He 14 i loaʻaFound 14.

1. nvs., Round, rounded, circular; compact, compressed; full, as the moon; sphere, globe; to gather together in a circle.

  • Examples:
    • E ʻaiana i nā kāwele i poepoe, iron the towels so they will be compact.
    • Nele i ka mea poepoe, lacking round things [i.e., dollars].
  • References:
    • Oihk. 19.27.

2. n., A euphemism for penis in the phrase ʻoki poepoe, subincision, circumcision.

Reduplication poʻe #2.

kikino, Sphere, globe.

  • Source:
    • Existing dictionary word
  • Examples:
    • Poepoe Honua. Globe of Earth.
  • References:

Nā LepiliTags: math geography

v. To be short; to be low, in opposition to tall, high.

2. Hoo. To round; to make round. Oihk. 19:27.

3. To throw away from one, as a child is thrown away from the arms.

adj. Round; round and smooth; globular; circular; he mea poepoe ka honua, the earth is a round thing.

Poepoe (pō'-ĕ-pō'-e), adj.

/ pō'-ĕ-pō'-e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

Round; round and smooth; globular; circular: He mea poepoe ka honua, the earth is a round thing.

Poepoe (pō'-e-pō'-e), v.

/ pō'-e-pō'-e / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. To be short; to be low, in opposition to tall, high.

2. To be round.

circular. Land section, Kapalama, Oahu.

Place, Ka-lihi Kai, Honolulu, named for Joseph M. Poepoe, editor of the Hawaiian language newspaper, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, in the 1890s. He was a lawyer and member of the Legislature. (TM.)

Globe, sphere.

Variety of sweet potato with round roots and stems. (NP 126.)

round, globular, circular.

adj. round, globular circular

Round, rounded, circular (PE).

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