Inoa | Name(s)

Hoʻopāpā

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo

ʻO ka hoʻopāpā he ʻano hoʻokūkū ʻōlelo ma waena o kānaka e hōʻike ai i ko lākou naʻauao a akamai nō paha ma o ka ʻōlelo. ʻIke ʻia ke ʻano o kēia hana, ʻo ka hoʻopāpā, ma nā moʻolelo ʻo “Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi o Kalapana,” a me “Kaʻao no Kaipalaoa: Ke Keiki Hoʻopāpā.”

Description

Hoʻopāpā is a contest of wits between people who are demonstrating their knowledge and cleverness using language. Examples of ho’opāpā is seen in the stories “Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi o Kalapana,” and “Kaʻao no Kaipalaoa: Ke Keiki Hoʻopāpā.”

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka hana hoʻokūkū ʻōlelo o ka hoʻopāpā.

Instructions 

Use this term for resources related to hoʻopāpā.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy 

Kanaka | Person: Kalapana; Kaipalaoa

Kūmole | Source(s)

Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi o Kalapana. Hilo, Hale Kuamoʻo, 1994. Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library.

Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.

Pukui, Mary Kawena, E.W. Haertig and Catherine A. Lee. Nānā i ke kumu. Vol. II. Honolulu: Hui Hānai, 1972. Ulukau: The Hawaiian Electronic Library. (pages 218-219)

Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Pale ‘o luna, pale ‘o lalo: he kālailaina i nā hi‘ohi‘ona ho‘opāpā i pa‘a ma ka mo‘olelo Hawai‘i o Kapalana a me nā mana mo‘olelo e pili pū ana

Mea haku | Created by: Keahiahi Long; Annemarie Paikai