ii8 The Ancient Hawana7i House. 



Auau. Name of a certain alio to be thatched first in building a heiau. 



Auolo = aualo. A shanty. 



Auha. A shed to screen canoes from the sun. 



Auwae. (Chin.) The projedlion near the top of a post to hold the lashings. 



Auwaha. The fork at the lower end of a rafter. 



Hakala. The gable end of a house; the side of a house. 



Halau. Long canoe house; eating house for men. 



Hale. A house. The six houses considered proper for an ancient householder were: 



1. Heiau ^ a chapel where personal idols were kept, and private worship held; 



this did not require the services of a priest. 



2. Mita^ the eating house for the men, kapii to women. 



3. Noa., where the wife lived, not kapii to the husband. 



4. Hale aina^ the eating house of the wife. 



5. Kua, also Xv/Xv/, where kapa was beaten in bad weather; usuallj' outside. 



6. Pea^ where the wife lived during the period of uncleanness. 

 Hale alii. A palace. 



Hale hau. A house for the gods, made of hau {^Paritium tiliaccuni). 



Hale halawai. A meeting house, or council chamber. 



Hale kamala. A temporary stru6lure. 



Hale koko. House where the lioalii slept. 



Hale kupapau. A sepulchre, house of the dead. 



Hale lalalaatl. A struAure of the branches of trees, a camp. 



Hale malu. A cool or shady porch. 



Hale moe. A bed chamber or house for sleeping. 



Hale papaa. A storehouse. < 



Hale poki. A house where the bones of a king were supposed to be deposited. 



Many other names of houses were used to express foreign ideas, especially in the 



translation of the scriptures. 

 Halii. To spread a net over a newlj^ thatched house to keep the grass smooth while 



drying (Fig. 85); to put down mats after house cleaning. 

 Hana. Middle post of the end of a house ; pou Jiaiia. 

 Hio. The corners of a grass house. 



Hoaho. To twist strings for a house; to tie aho to a house frame; also hooaho. 

 Hoaka. A lintel. 



Hoopoheoheo. To make a neck on the top of a rafter (Fig. 77). 

 Hui. The smaller sticks between posts and rafters, and parallel with them. 

 Kahua. A foundation or platform on which a house is built. 



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