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1. nvt., Notched; cut or trimmed obliquely; to cut obliquely, notch; to turn to one side, to look sideways; to snap.

• Examples:
  Kaʻa kepa
, to roll diagonally.
• Related:
  • hoʻokepa Caus/sim.; 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.

• Related:
  • Also: kāʻili.

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

• Related:
  • Also: kepakepa.

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

• Rare

5. nvt., Contract labor (from English. “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.

• Examples:
  • Ua kepa ʻia ka poʻe hana, the laborers were under contract.

6. n., Almond tree.

• References:
  • Kekah. 12.5.
  • See ʻalemona.

kikino/hamani, Spur; to spur; to gore with a tusk.

• Related:
  • Variant of kēpā.
  • Niho kepa. Boar's tusk.
• References:
  • See palaka kepa.

hamani, To contract labor.

• Source:
  • Existing dictionary word

1. 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.

1. 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.

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

adj., Of or belonging to the kepa, almond tree.

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

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

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

2. v., To turn; to bite suddenly.

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