1. nvi. Sprout, growth; offspring; upstart, as one rising suddenly and conspicuously to high position; to sprout, grow, germinate, increase; to occur. Kupu wale, to occur by chance or spontaneously; whimsical. Ke kupu, ka ʻeu, ke kolohe, the upstart, the rascal, the mischief-maker. Na wai ke kupu ʻo ʻoe? Whose sprout are you? hoʻo.kupu To cause growth, sprouting; to sprout. (PPN tupu.)
2. n. Spirit, supernatural being. (For. 4:161.)
v. To sprout; to spring up; to grow, as vegetation; to shoot out buds; to open out, as leaves or blossoms.
2. To grow large; to increase.
3. FIG. To grow up or increase, as evil. Kanl. 29:17.
4. Hoo. To pay, as a tax; to collect taxes; hookaumahaia na makaainana e hookupu i kela mea waiwai i keia mea waiwai, the common people were burdened by being taxed on all sorts of property.
s. A vegetable; a thing sprouted up.
2. A tax. Hoo. A tax; a tribute to a ruler. Ezr. 6:8.
3. One whose ancestors were born where he himself was and vice versa.
4. One who is mischievous or lawless. Laieik. 104. He kupu oe, hookahi no mea i kolohe i ka’u. See EU.
adj. Thick, as paste.
2. Hoo. Hookupu hapaumi, a little tax. Kanl. 26:12.
Thick, as paste.
1. A vegetable growth; a sprout.
2. Offspring; offshoots from a single source.
1. To sprout; to spring up; to grow, as vegetation; to shoot out buds; to open out, as leaves or blossoms.
2. To grow large: to increase.
3. Fig. To grow up or increase as good or evil.
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