The word kapeo means single, one, or solo. Example usage: A bul kapeo. An only child.There is a variation to the word and that is kapono.It means only one. Another meaning of kapono is old person, usually old male. Example usage: Ra kapono. The old man. An old female is tubuan. A tubuan. An old woman.
The word kapeo is used by many as name for both males and females. For the female it is Ia Kapeo and for the male it is To Kapeo.
This fellow standing with his bicycle is To Kapeo. He was named after his great grandfather Ruruaur To Kapeo who was one of the last "blackbirds" at Mackay sugarcane farm, Queensland.
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