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The Ancient Hawaiian House. 



Papaa. A storing; hale papaa, a storehouse. 



Papahehe. A floor; not necessarily more than a smooth surface. 



Papai. A screen; a slight house or shed. 



Papai. To thatch, because in the process the Hawaiian, in drawing the cord tight 



around a bundle of grass, strikes it with the left hand. 

 Pili. Grass preferred for thatching; Heteropogon contortiis. 

 Pou. Side posts of a house (Figs. 73-75). 

 Pou O manu. Post under which was the human sacrifice. 

 Pueo. Cords tied around posts of a house during building. 

 Puka. A doorway; also puka hale. 

 Puka makani. A ventilator or wind sail. 



Puoa. A house built with the side poles united at top ; a steeple. 

 Pupupu. A small or temporar}' house. 

 Wa. The space between two posts or rafters. 



Waha. Fork in lower end of a rafter (Fig. 78). Same as auwaha. 

 Wekiu. The top of a house. 



-POU KIHI 



— KUKUNA. 



< — POU HANA. 



— POU KIHI. 



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