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Kapa.

• Related:
  • Piece of tapa, moʻo, moʻomoʻo, āmoʻomoʻo, hoʻōla.
  • Tapa garments: pāʻū, malo, kīkepa, kīhei, hauʻina, palelei.
  • Decorated outer tapa sheet, kilohana.
  • Inner layers of sleeping tapa, iho.
  • Tapa bed covering, kuʻinakapa, kapa kuʻina.
  • Pile of tapa, huʻa kapa.
  • Uncut tapa fringe, palalei.
  • Tapa beater, iʻe kuku, iʻe kuku hoʻōki, ʻole, pepehi, hohoa, hoahoa, uananahuki.
  • Tapa beater part, mole hāluʻa.
  • Grooved board for making ribbed tapa, papa hole.
  • Ridges in tapa beater, nao.
  • Tapa stamp, ʻohe kāpala, lāʻau kāpalapala, ʻūpiki.
  • Tapa dye, waiʻele.
  • Tapa ball of cord to carry fire, welu ahi.
  • House for beating tapa, kua.
  • Tapa soaking, lauhuki.
  • Tapa holder, hōʻihi.
  • Tapa bast or pulp, kae, pulu.
  • Tapa fragment hung as taboo sign, welu.
  • Plants used for tapa, wauke, māmaki, ʻoloa, maʻaloa, ʻulu.
  • To beat tapa, kuku, hoʻomoʻomoʻo.
  • To paint tapa, pālani.
  • To dry and bleach tapa, kiʻolena.
  • To print tapa, kākau.
  • To unite portions of tapa by beating, paku.
  • For plants used to scent tapa, see perfume.
  • Kinds of tapa (alternate names are in parentheses): ʻaʻahu aliʻi, ʻaekai-mokiha, ʻae-o-kaha-loa (kaha-loa, pālau-anahu), ʻahapiʻi, ahunāliʻi, aka-ʻaʻamo, akaaka, ʻakaha-ka-naʻi, ʻākala, ʻākeakea, ʻalaʻihi, ālaulau, aloalo, ʻapeʻula, ʻāpikipiki, ʻeleʻele, ʻeleuli, hāʻena, haʻimanawa, halakea, hamoʻula, hili, hōlei, honina, hoʻōla, hūlili, hunakāhaʻi, iʻe-ioio-kaha-loa, kaha, kalewai, kalukalu, kapa-aho, kelewai, kikama, kilikaʻa, kīwaʻawaʻa, kōpili, kuamū, kuaʻula, kūʻoulena (akoa), māhuna, mālolo, māluaʻula, maolua, maʻomaʻo, moelola, ninikea, ʻoloa, olomea, ʻōmaʻo, ʻōnohi ʻula, ʻōʻūholo-wai-o-Laʻa, pāʻāʻā, paʻi kukui (paʻipaʻi kukui), paʻi-niu, paʻiua, paʻiʻula, pakē, pākea (iho), palaʻā, palūpalū, paʻūpāʻū, pehu-a-koa, pele, pili, pili-moe, pilipuka, pipi, poʻipū, puakai, puakoali, pualiʻi, puaniu, puela, pūloʻu, pūnana, pūnana keʻokeʻo, pupupu, puʻukoʻa, puʻukohukohu, puʻukukui, puʻulepo, ua, uʻauʻa, ʻulaʻula, ulu, waiʻele, wailau, wailiʻiliʻi, waiʻoʻopu, wai-palupalu.
  • Tapa designs or patterns: ʻaha, ʻahaana, ānuenue, ʻāpiʻi, ʻekaha-loa, hāʻao (nao-ua-hāʻao), hāluʻa (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it), hāʻukeʻuke (hāʻukaʻuka, hāʻuke), hoʻopaʻi, hoʻopaʻi-hāluʻa, iwipuhi, kapuaʻi-koloa, koʻeau, kulipuʻu (niho-wili-hemo, also quilts), laʻi-o-Kona, lau-ʻamaʻu, lau-maʻu, launiu, lei-hala, lelepe, lū-lehua, maka-ʻupena (also quilts), naʻenaʻe, nao (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it), niho-liʻiliʻi, niho-manō, ʻōhiki, oho lupalupa, ʻohuʻohu, omōhā, ʻopihi, pāwehe-pūpū, pua-hala (also a quilt design), pūʻili (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it), pūpū, ʻupena (see Haw.-Eng. entry and entries that follow it).
  • Plants used for tapa dyes: ʻakala (pink), ʻāmaʻumaʻu (red), hōlei (yellow), kōlea (red), kou (red), kukui (black, red), maʻo (green), nānū, nāʻū (yellow), noni (red, yellow), ʻōlena (yellow), palaʻā (red), ʻukiʻuki (pale blue).
• References:
  • See anvil, Buck 166–213, Kam. 76:108–116, 155–157.