pāpai
/ pā.pai /Same as pōʻou, fishes.
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
Same as pōʻou, fishes.
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
v. Pa and pai, to strike. To smite with the open hand; to strike.
2. To strike gently; to touch. Kin. 32:25.
3. To thatch a house or building with grass. NOTE.—In the act of thatching, Hawaiians in drawing the string tightly around a handful of grass give it a blow with the left hand.
4. To drive off or expel a tenant from his house and land; to drive off; to banish; a common punishment in former times for real or imaginary offenses.
5. To make a solemn promise; to take an oath; e hoohiki ma ka ae ana; e pai na lima, ae na waha, the hands strike, the mouths assent.
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
[Pa and pai, to strike.]
1. v., To smite with the open hand; to strike.
2. v., To strike gently; to touch.
3. v., To thatch a house or building with grass. (In the act of thatching, Hawaiians, in drawing the string tightly around a handful of grass, gave it a blow with the left hand.)
Papa helu loli | Wehewehe Wikiwiki update log
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