paepae

Borrowed from Maori.

paepae (plural paepaes)

1. (New Zealand) The horizontal element on the ground at the front of a wharenui, serving as the threshold of the building.

From Proto-Polynesian *pae-pae (“stone surround of a structure”). Cognates include Maori paepae and Tongan paepae.

• IPA^(key): /ˌpae̯ˈpae̯/, [ˌpɐe̯ˈpɐe̯]

paepae

1. platform
2. pavement
3. prop, support

• hoʻopaepae (causative)

paepae(transitive)

1. to support, to hold up
2. to pile up

• pae (“row”)

• paepae in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpa.e ˈpa.e]
• Hyphenation: pa‧e‧pa‧e

Borrowed from Samoan paʻepaʻe.

paepae (plural papae)

1. (stative) to be white

From Proto-Polynesian *pae-pae. Cognates include Maori paepae and Tongan paepae.

paepae

1. stone pavement around a house

paepae

1. (transitive) to pave with a paepae
2. (transitive, + i) to pave (with)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 256