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punipeki

/ puni.peki / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n., A game similar to fox and geese (the name is said to come from Eng. Bonaparte).

s. Name of a game like #x201C;fox and geese;#x201D; the fox they called Bonepate—Punipeki; a o ka punipeki, ua kokoke like me ka hana ana o ke pahiuhiu.

Punipeki (pū'-nĭ-pē'-ki), n.

/ pū'-nĭ-pē'-ki / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

A game like fox and geese. The fox was called Bonepate or Punipeki: a o ka punipeki, ua kokoke like me ka hana ana o ke pahiuhiu. Same as pahiuhiu.

Game like the English fox and geese. Little stones are placed in black and white squares, and players move and jump as in checkers. The fox is called Bonepate, from Bonaparte.

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