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Xala. The ends of a house as distinguished from the front and back. 



Kaola. A beam across rafters ; a bar for a door. 



Kauhale. A colledlion of houses; a village. 



Kauhilo. To bind together the sticks of a house with a rope during construdlion. 



Kauhuhu. The ridgepole. 



Kaula. The plate or beam uniting the tops of posts ; a rope. 



Kaupaku. The upper ridgepole. 



Kihi. Outside corner of a house. 



Kipaepae. Stoue steps ; often of hammered stone ; usually of the stone built into 



the kaJiua or platform. 

 Kamo hale. To dedicate a house. 

 Kuahui. A scaffold used during building. 

 Kliene. To measure out the foundation and posts of a house; to set itp and tie 



together the frame; to take down a house and put it up elsewhere. 

 Kuenehale. A man skilled in house building. 

 Kukuna. End posts of a house; side posts of a door. 

 Kulana. Sides of a house. 

 Kuono. Inside corners of a house. 

 I/aauku. An upright post. 



I/ala. The four corners of a house ; thatch over the door after it has been cut. 

 I/anai. An open shed ; a piazza. 

 I/apatlila. Side posts for a door. 

 I/io. The tie beam of a house; a carpenter's horse. 

 IvOha. Trimmings on ridges and corners of a thatched house. 

 I/Ohelau. Plate to which rafters are fastened. 

 I/Ole. To thatch a house smoothl}'. 

 I/Olelau. The art of thatching a house. 

 Oa. Rafter of a house (Figs. 77-80). 

 Olokea. Scaffold used in building a house. 

 Pahale. The space around a house enclosed by a fence. 

 Paia. Sides or walls of a house. 

 Paihale. To thatch houses. 



Paku. A partition ; the wall of a small enclosure. 

 Palaau. A fence of sticks. 



Palepo. An adobe wall; literallj' mud hardened. 

 Pani. To close ; hence, a door or shutter. 

 Panipuka. A door. 



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