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ʻōpeʻapeʻa

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Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Reduplication of peʻa; compare also with Māori pekapeka “bat esp. species Mystacina tuberculata”[1]

Noun

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ʻōpeʻapeʻa

  1. Lasiurus semotus, a Hawaiian bat (endemic to the Hawaiian Islands)

References

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  1. ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2011), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎[1], volume 4: Animals, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 235–7
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