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vs., Weak, soft, limber, flexible, supple, fragile, flimsy, feeble, frail, tender.

  • Examples:
    • Naʻau palupalu, soft hearted.
    • Maka palupalu, tender-eyed (as pretty girls).
    • ʻŌlelo palupalu, soft-spoken, gentle in speech, easy to understand.
    • Ka ʻaoʻao palupalu (Kel. 85), the weaker sex.
  • References:
    • PCP palupalu.

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palūpalū

/ palū.palū / Pukui-Elbert Haw to Eng,

n., A kind of yellow tapa.

Nā LepiliTags: tapa

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v. See PALU. To be tender; to be soft; to be weak; to be flexible.

2. To be tender either physically or morally; to be enfeebled, as the body. 2 Sam. 4:1. Ua palupalu ke keiki, the child is feeble; ua palupalu kona naau, he is tender hearted.

3. Hoo. To soften; to fatten; to make weak.

s. Tenderness; softness; flexibility; weakness; want of strength.

2. The name of a pa-u colored yellow.

adj. Weak; feeble; soft. Kin. 33:13. Pliable; limber; tender. Kanl. 28:54. Large, fat and weak. See POLUPOLU.

Palupalu (pă'-lŭ-pă'-lu), adj.

/ pă'-lŭ-pă'-lu / Parker Haw to Eng,

Weak; feeble; soft. Pliable; limber; tender.

Palupalu (pă'-lŭ-pă'-lu), n.

/ pă'-lŭ-pă'-lu / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. Tenderness; softness; flexibility; weakness; want of strength.

Palupalu (pă'-lŭ-pă-lū'), n.

/ pă'-lŭ-pă-lū' / Parker Haw to Eng,

A pa-u or tapa garment colored yellow.

Palupalu (pă'-lŭ-pă'-lu), v.

/ pă'-lŭ-pă'-lu / Parker Haw to Eng,

1. To be tender; to be soft; to he weak; to be flexible.

2. To be tender either physically or morally; to be enfeebled, as the body: Ua palupalu ke keiki, the child is feeble; ua palupalu kona naau, he is tender hearted.

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