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vs., Deeply engaged, as in an activity; finished; engrossed, absorbed, united; all, all together.

• Examples:
  • Ua papau koʻu noʻonoʻo i ka hana, my entire thoughts are absorbed in the work.
  • Papau pū lākou i ka ʻeha, they were all hurt.
• Related:
  • hoʻopapau Caus/sim.; To devote oneself, to make an effort to finish up, to concentrate.
• References:
  • Cf. pau.

v. Pa and pau, to be all; to be entire. To be deeply engaged in thought; to engage with all the powers of the mind in some research; to have full confidence in.

2. Hoo. To be fully engaged; to be all in earnest; to give the whole attention of heart and mind. 1 Oihl. 22:19.

3. To be entire; to be altogether or chiefly engaged in some pursuit; e hoopapau hoi ma ka hana maikai. Hoopapau iho la ke alii ma ka aie, the king's great business was to get into debt. Hoopapau loa oia i ka inu i ka rama, he drank rum with all his might.

4. To fill up; to raise up a heap; to suck in and fill up the mouth with water like a fish.

5. To be shallow, as water; to flow off, as the sea at low tide, leaving the water on the rocks shallow; to be at low tide; e kai make; a papau ae la ka Pele ma Oahu, alaila lele oia i Maui; a papau hou iho la ma Haleakala, lele hou oia i Kilauea, when Pele's dominions became shallow on Oahu (i. e., when burnt down near to the level of the sea), then she leaped over to Maui; and when she became shallow again at Haleakala, she again jumped over to Kilauea.

s. Shallowness; littleness; no depth, as water.

2. A ford of a river. Kin. 32:22. Fewness. Mat. 13:15.

3. With make, a graveyard. See PAPAUMAKE.

adj. Shallow, as water; not deep; kahi papau, a fording place.

Shallow, as water; not deep; kahi papau, a fording place.

1. Shallowness; littleness; having no depth, as water.

2. A shallow place.

[Pa and pau, to be all; to be entire.]

1. To be deeply engaged in thought; to engage with all the powers of the mind in some research; to have full confidence in.

2. To be shallow, as water; to flow off, as the sea at low tide, leaving the water on the rocks shallow; to be at low tide; he kai make. A papau ae la ka Pele ma Oahu, alaila lele oia i Maui; a papau hou iho la ma Haleakala, lele hou oia i Kilauea, when Pele's dominions became shallow on Oahu (that is, when burnt down near to the level of the sea), then she leaped over to Maui; and when they became shallow again at Haleakala, she again jumped over to Kilauea.