lapa.lapa
1. Redup. of lapa #1; steep-ridged, many-ridged. Ihu lapalapa, high-bridged nose. Poʻo lapalapa, a square head.
2. Redup. of lapa #2; to bubble, boil, blaze; to cavort. Wai lapalapa, boiling water. hoʻo.lapa.lapa To cause to blaze, boil, etc. Ipu hoʻolapalapa, boiler. (PPN lapalapa.)
3. vs. Clotted. Cf. lapa koko.
4. n. Native mountain trees (Cheirodendron), in the panax family, conspicuous for the slender-stemmed leaves, each leaf with three to five, rarely six or seven leaflets that flutter (lapalapa) in the breeze. (Neal 652.) Also ehu, kauila māhu, māhu, ʻōlapa, ʻōlapalapa. See also hū ʻōlapa.
5. n. Name for a large mahimahi, dolphin.
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