Wehewehe Wikiwiki Hawaiian language dictionaries

1. vs., Low, flat, as a reef.

• References:
  • Cf. hāpapa.

2. n., Beans, peas, lentils; the hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab 🌐), from tropical Asia, a long vine somewhat like the Lima bean and having edible seeds, growing wild in Hawaiʻi.

• Examples:
  • Ka pāpapa maka a me ka pī a me ka pāpapa pāpaʻa (2 Sam. 17.28), beans and lentils and parched pulse.
• Related:
  • Also: pī.
• References:
  • Neal 468.

kikino Bean. Dic., sp. var. See ula pāpapa. Pāpapa haʻa. Bush bean. Pāpapa hihi. String bean. Pāpapa kele. Jelly bean. Pāpapa koiū. Soybean, soya bean. Pāpapa laima. Lima bean. Pāpapa loloa. Long bean, a common Filipino dish. Pāpapa munukō. Mung bean. Pāpapa poepoe. Pea. Pāpapa ʻūhinihone. Honey locust bean.

Hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab), a smooth perennial or annual vine with whitish or pinkish flowers. The seeds are cooked and eaten when green or white. Plants are used for fodder or green manure. (NEAL 468; 2 Sam. 17:28.)

Hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab), an annual that grows to over 15 feet. It has whitish-pinkish flowers and pods that are 2½ to 5 inches long, enclosing three to five dark, thick, oval seeds. (NEAL 468.) See Plants: Uses.