Ipe
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ipe
- (dem.) that
- (art.) such, so
- (pron.) that one, that thing
- (art.) what a(n) x! (emphatic)
A kopuku ipe teli’ineyu ti’i!
“That cactus is waving at me!”
Notes: I figure I’ve been using the word ipe enough that I might as well make it a word of the day entry. Here’s the picture that phrase describes:

Check out that cactus! It’s waving at me! And it has polydactyly, just like me!
This another picture from the Huntington. We started at the succulent garden and moved on, so we’ll be seeing lots of cacti in the days to come.
Ipe is actually a compound of i and pe. In the TY exercises, he’s anthropomorphized as an absent-minded drunk. Such is the way of things.
