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1. n., Name of a chilly wind and rain at Waimea, Hawaiʻi.

• Examples:
  • Hole Waimea i ke ahe a ka makani, hao mai nā ʻale a ke Kīpuʻupuʻu (name song for Kamehameha I), Waimea is rasped by the blowing of the wind, billows of the Kīpuʻupuʻu wind ravage.
  • Kū i ka Kīpuʻupuʻu, buffeted by the Kīpuʻupuʻu [of hurt feelings].

2. n., Name of a company of warriors from Waimea in Kamehameha I's time, named for the wind.

Chilly rain at Waimea, Hawaiʻi; rain like small shot at Waimea.

Thought that arises in the mind upon hearing that someone has slandered or spoken evil of oneself. Kipuʻupuʻu, a cold wet wind of Wai-mea, Hawaiʻi.