1. Reduplication of ālai #1, to hinder
2. n., Type of taro patch built on artificial mounds, known near Hilo as kipi (HP 125); mucky claylike soil, as in this type of patch.
3. Same as waimakanui, a kind of large coarse endemic fern (Thelypteria keraudreniana).
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Redbilled marshhen. (CMH.)
A kalo (taro) patch, formed by bending rushes down and covering them with earth ready for irrigating. Hence, argillaceous earth or clay, called kipi or mound taro, in Hilo.
1. Type of taro patch built on artificial mounds, known near Hilo as Kipi (PE). 2. Large hills or mounds for planting, in taro patches where the water and mud are deep (AP).
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