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hoopaiho

/ HOO-PAI-HO / Andrews Haw to Eng,

1. v., To make a significant gesture by putting the thumb between the fingers.

2. To give a warning with the hand.

3. To tempt, or to kuamuamu; eia na olelo hou e hewa ai, o ke kake, o ka olelo Kauai, o ka hoopaiho lima.

4. To rub the skin from the arm; to skin.

5. To make crooked. NOTE.—This word is said to be peculiar to Kauai.

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hoopaiho

/ ho'o-pā'i-ho / Parker Haw to Eng,

[Hoo and paiho, to project.]

1. v., To jut out, as a broken bone.

2. v., To give a warning with the hand; to peahi, gesture, beckon with the hand.

3. v., To speak or tempt by sign language.

4. v., To lay open; to expose.

5. v., To peel off, as in slipping off the outer skin.

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