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vi., Palpitating, as in fear or joy; trembling, twitching, fluttering, throbbing; waving; quivering, as a leaf in the wind; trilling, as r's in some languages.

• Examples:
  • Kapalili ka houpo, the heart is thrilled.
  • Lohe aku au i ka uwē kapalili, I heard a terrified, quivering shriek.

1. v., To shake rapidly; to vibrate, as a reed or leaf in the wind; to vibrate, as the tongue in pronouncing the letter r.

2. To trepidate, as the heart either by fear or joy; kapalili ka houpo. Hookapalili. To be in fear; to tremble.

s., A trembling or palpitation, as of the heart; the vibration of the tongue in pronouncing the French r.

1. n., A trembling or palpitation, as of the heart.

2. n., The vibration of the tongue in pronouncing the French “R.”

1. v., To shake rapidly, as a reed or leaf in the wind.

2. v., To move rapidly, as the tongue in speaking rapidly.

3. v., To palpitate, as the heart either by fear or joy; kapalili ka houpo.

4. v., To be in fear.

5. v., To tremble.