Definition of "ipu" [ipu]

• A percussion instrument made from hollowed gourds, often used to provide a beat for hula dancing. (noun)

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• "Yes, and careless that all should see his extended favour, I must dip into his pa paakai for my pinches of red salt, and limu, and kukui nut and chili pepper; and into his ipu kai "(fish sauce dish)" of kou wood that the great Kamehameha himself had eaten from on many a similar progress."
• "Yes, and careless that all should see his extended favour, I must dip into his pa paakai for my pinches of red salt, and limu, and kukui nut and chili pepper; and into his ipu kai (fish sauce dish) of kou wood that the great Kamehameha himself had eaten from on many a similar progress."
• "So the "gourd of wisdom" -- _ka ipu o ka ike_ -- which Laieikawai consults, brings distant objects before the eyes so that the woman "knows by seeing" what is going on below."