Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. nvt., Circle, circuit, hoop, loop, band, bracelet, hoop-shaped earring, girdle, belt, ring, embrace; to span, reach around, embrace, put an arm around, clasp.

• References:
  • Cf. kahaapo.
  • PPN apo .

2. n., Union of the molar or cheekbone with the temporal bone.

s., A particular variety of sweet potatoes.

n., A variety of sweet potato.

Circle, as in geometry.

I. a pela aku, he mau mea ia e nani ai ke kino. Ua akaka ma ka Baibala, he mau mea kahiko loa ia. Ua haawi no o Iuda i kona apolima na Tamara, Kin. 33:18. I ka hoonoho ana o Parao ia Iosepa maluna o ka aina o Aigupita, haawi no ia ia ia i ke komolima ona, mai kona lima aku, Kin. 41:42. I ka lanakila ana o ka Iseraela maluna o ko Midiana, kau- maha aku lakou no Iehova i na kupee, a me na apo, a me na lei-a-i i lawepioia, Nah. 31:50. Aole hookomo na wahine Iudaio i na apo ma ka lima wale no, aka, ma ka ihu hoi, a me ka pepeiao, a me ka wawae. E nana KUPEE. He homolima ko ke kanaka Waiwai, hanohano, Iak. 2:2. A hoi mai ke keiki uhauha, kauo ha mai ka makua e hoaahu ia ia i aahu maikai, a e hookomo i ke komolima ma kona lima, Luk. 15:22.

(ke) apo ring, band, bracelet: to span, embrace.