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Forna7ider Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



Kuku," Aa, Naio, 

 300 Haulanuiakea,' the axe of Hinaimanau, 



Paepae, Manau his wife, 



They brought forth Kanaenae- that dwells 

 ou the mouutaiu, 



The hinihini' that sings on the high moun- 

 tain. 



Brokeu on the front'' seat, 

 305 That is Molokai torn asunder,' 



Deserted by Kanaloapuna — 



Kanaloa of Waia. 



There is death if you run toward the moun- 

 tains; 



There is death if you run toward the sea. 

 310 Luukia is suffering headache, 



Made sick by the unpleasant sensation of 

 pregnancy 



Conceiving the child. 



The ieie'' is conceived that creeps in the 

 forest, 



Makaaulii was his wife 

 315 Which brought forth the lupua and laulama 



Like un o the bushj' stock of Lono, 



Kapolei was the wife. 



Kukaikaina behind the spider. 



Of Kukonaihoae, Ku. 

 320 The rising sea 



Like unto a dancing sea is Ku. 



Here is the woman that hides, 



Covered by the dust of Keaau,' 



The calabash of kneaded earth. 

 325 Like unto the leaf of the sugar-cane is the 

 path.* 



'The famed weapon of Kualii, whereby he gained the 

 victory at Kalaupapa. 



''Naenae, name of the plant called "pewter-sword", 

 and resembling the silver-sword of the mountain. 



^Hinihini a,nA potolei, insects that sing in the moun- 

 tain woods. 



*lVai' lima, the front seat of honor on a canoe. 



■'The deep gorge on north side of Molokai, near Pele- 

 kunu, attributed to the god Kana. 



'/f/V {Freyciiti'tia aniotti), a woody climber. 



'' Kcaaii in Puna, and the road through the woods of 

 that region being very muddy the poet is led off into re- 

 flections thereupon. 



'Probably likened from its straight and narrow re- 

 strictions. 



'The muddy Waipio-Waimea road. 



'°.\'tx/u, wave, /miiini, seat of anger. 



"A proper name with a meaning; one of those pro- 

 voking double eutendres so conmion in this string of 

 allusions. 



Here is the company of travelers. 



The slippery road that makes men fall. 



Which softened the dirt of Mahiki,'' 



Being trodden down by the foot. 

 330 Kapapaiakea the wave of wrath, '° 



Kauhihii was his wife 



Which brought forth the koa for canoes" 

 growing in the rich soil. 



Loosened was the vessel in the rippling sea, 



Loosened was Hainakapeau.'- 

 335 Then was seen Ukinohunohu,'^ 



Ukinaopiopio,'^ Moakueanana, 



Kalei, Keelekoha,'' 



The god with the downcast eyes. 



The turned-up [eyes] of Kahualewa, 

 340 Gathering the seaweeds of Kanamuakea, 



The broad sea, 



The broad ocean 



Of Hulukeeaea."' 



The cold dew, the shivering dew, 

 345 The great dew that makes one quiver, 



The cold dew that comes'' over the sea. 



The sea where you put on the loin cloth,'*' 

 Ku. 



Ku puts on his loin cloth for war, and you 

 tremble. 



Scattered is the oven,'' like the rushing of 

 a stream. 

 350 This is the plucker of feathers. 



The bird-catcher of Haili,"° 



The boys that watch the flowers. 



The bunch of flowers that is below. 



This is the woman that picks the flowers. 



"Still another; name of a woman, alluding, however, 

 to a paddle — kapcau, to turn the paddle from one side 

 of the canoe to the other. 



^^Vkinohunohu refers to the simultaneous bending of 

 the rowers to their task. 



^Tkiitaopiopio, the steerers of the canoe. 



'* Terms indicating peculiar wave action. 



"'Hiilikfcaca, etc., terms applied to shivering with 

 cold. Xa/u>lolw/o, the crawling on the skin of shivering. 



" Haii-ii, etc., terms indicating cold conditions to the 

 mariner. Kai apo kaln, the sea nearer the shore where 

 the waves grow less 



"Coming to shore a dry iiialo (loin cloth) is put on. 



"Compares the effect of Ku's appearance in war upon 

 his enemies to the crushing down of the stone arch of 

 an /'«/«, or oven. 



'"Haili at Hilo. In the lines following Ku is com- 

 pared to a bird-catcher watching the flowers where he 

 has prepared his snare for the birds — lahui pua o lalo, 

 the crowd, common herd. 



