puʻapuʻa
/ puʻa.puʻa /vs., Tasteless; not tasty.
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puʻapūʻā
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puapua
/ pua.pua /1. n., Tail feathers, as of a cock; rump, as of a chicken; streamer; coattails; this word is used as a means of avoiding answering questions: Aia ʻoia i hea? Aia i ka puapua. Where is he? Gone to get tail feathers.
2. Reduplication of pua #2.
- References:
- PCP puapua.
3. n., Spike in the back of sphinx moths.
4. Same as pupua #3.
5. n., A variety of banana.
6. Same as ʻāpua #2, fishhook shank.
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PU-A-PU-A
v. To force; to urge on; to compel. See PUEPUE. To overwhelm; to overcome.
2. To hang down like the tail of an animal.
3. To project like the tail feathers of a cock.
4. To be glorious; to be beautiful.
PU-A-PU-A
s. See PUA, bundle. A bundle of brush-wood, sticks or grass. Oih. 28:3.
2. The name of a fly that bites.
PU-A-PU-A
adj. Unpalatable; disagreeable; vicious.
Puapua (pū'-ă-pū'-a), n.
/ pū'-ă-pū'-a /1. The long tail feathers of a bird.
2. A streamer.
Puapua (pū'-ă-pū-ā'), v.
/ pū'-ă-pū-ā' /[Puaa, to bind tightly.] To gather up into a bundle, as fagots or sticks for kindling a fire.
Puapua (pū'-ă-pū'-a), v.
/ pū'-ă-pū'-a /1. To hang down like the tail of an animal.
2. To project like the tail feathers of a cock.
Puapua (pū'-ă-pŭ'-ā), v.
/ pū'-ă-pŭ'-ā /1. To force; to urge on; to compel.
2. To collect into bundles and bind.
Puapua (pū'-ă-pŭ-ā'), n.
/ pū'-ă-pŭ-ā' /[Pua, bundle.] A bundle of brush-wood, sticks or grass.
Puapua (pu'a-pu'a), adj.
/ pu'a-pu'a /Nauseous.
Puapua
Land sections, Kai-lua qd., and in the Kaʻū district, Hawaiʻi. A lava tube where people hid in time of war is in the Kaʻū Puapua. Probably lit., tail feathers.
puapua
To project out and up, as the tail feathers of a cock.
puapua
Anal horn or spike on the sphinx-moth larva; fly that bites. (A.)
puapua
Nauseous.
puapua
tail feathers; coat tails.
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