kapa
1. n. Tapa, as made from wauke or māmaki bark; formerly clothes of any kind or bedclothes; quilt (various kinds are listed below).
- Examples:
- ʻElua kāua i ke kapa hoʻokahi (PH xiii), two of us in a single tapa [marriage].
- References:
- PCP tapa .
2. vt. To call, term, give a name to.
- References:
- PPN tapa .
3. loc.n. Edge, border, brim, boundary; side, as of a road; bank, as of a stream (often not preceded by ke: Gram. 8.6).
- Examples:
- Kū ma kapa, to stand on the edge; figuratively, forbidding, unapproachable, unreceptive.
- Keiki kapa aliʻi (FS 115), child only one of whose parents was a chief.
- References:
- PPN tapa .
4. n. Labia.
- References:
- PCP tapa .
5. vi. To rustle, rattle, splash, as rain.
6. n. Cab (a Hebrew measure).
- Source:
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