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kepa

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

1. nvt. Notched; cut or trimmed obliquely; to cut obliquely, notch; to turn to one side, to look sideways; to snap. Kaʻa kepa, to roll diagonally. hoʻo.kepa To cut obliquely, snap, tear, rend.

2. nvt. To catch bonito, so named because the fisherman's body turns as he snaps the fish from the sea into his craft; this kind of fishing. Also kāʻili.

3. n. Wedge used in repairing wooden bowls, often hammered in obliquely in zigzag pattern. Also kepakepa.

4. vt. To scrape, as dirt from a board. Rare.

5. nvt. Contract labor (from Eng. “ship,” so called because Hawaiians shipping out on whaling ships were under contract; the term was later applied to sugar contract laborers); to contract for such service. Ua kepa ʻia ka poʻe hana, the laborers were under contract.

6. n. Almond tree. (Kekah. 12.5.) See ʻalemona.

kē.pā

Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

n. Spur, as used by horseback riders.

kepa

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

kik/ham Spur; to spur; to gore with a tusk. Var. of kēpā. See palaka kepa. Niho kepa. Boar's tusk.

kepa

Māmaka Kaiao Haw to Eng,

hamani To contract labor. Dic.

KE-PA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

v. To snap, as with the teeth; to chank the teeth, as a boar.

2. To turn; to turn back upon. Mat. 7:6.

3. To scrape, as dirt from a stone or board.

KE-PA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

s. Corruption of English spur. A spur; so named from its use or motion on the heel; he kui e hooeha ai i ka lio ma na aoao.

2. The fruit of a tree used in seasoning food.

KE-PA

Andrews Haw to Eng,

adj. Of or belonging to the fruit kepa; hua kepa. Kekah. 12:5.

Kepa (kē'-pa), adj.

/ kē'-pa / Parker Haw to Eng,

Of or belonging to the kepa, almond tree.

Kepa (kē'-pā'), n.

/ kē'-pā' / Parker Haw to Eng,

A spur, so named from its use or motion on the heel; he kui e hoeha ai i ka lio ma na aoao.

Kepa (kē'-pa), n.

/ kē'-pa / Parker Haw to Eng,

Word used by the translators of the Bible for the almond tree.

Kepa (kē'-pa), v.

/ kē'-pa / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. To snap, as with the teeth; to champ the teeth, as a boar.

2. To turn; to bite suddenly.

3. To scrape, as dirt from a stone or board.

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