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Foniandcr Collcffioii of IJazcaiiaii Polk-lorc. 



NAMES OF MONTHS^ COMPARATIVE. 



Hawaiian. 



Nana, .Marcli. plenty of iiiulolo. tlying fish. 



W'elo, April-May, end of winter. 



liviiki, May when the Htiluii (seven stars) sets. 



Kaaona, June. 



Hinaiaeleele, July, when the oliia ai is ripe. 



Hilinehu (Mahoemua), .\ugust. 



llilinania ( Mahoe-hope ), September. 



Ikuwa, October, end of summer. 



Welehu. November. 



Makalii, 6th month — December. 



Kaelo, January, nuhc worms hatched. 



Kanlua, hVbruar\-. arrival of ainic alimg shore. 



Another com])Utation coninienced the year at the month Apaapa (middle of May) 

 and gave different names to several of the months. The year was also divided into two 

 seasons called by the "Ifafcirii" stars (Pleiades ) — Mafarii i ria ( Pleiades above the hori- 

 zon in the evening-) and Mafarii i raro (Pleiades below). The year was divided also 

 into three seasons: (i ) tc fait — autumn, commenced with te Tae or December till Faa- 

 ahu; (2) tc fait iiiifi ralii. season of high sea; (3) fc fan poai. winter or season of 

 droup'ht. 



The Hawaiian vear was again subdivided into four smaller seasons or divisions: 

 ( I ) Iw laa-iiiake, (2) ka liooilo, (3) ka laa-itlit, (4) kau. 



Summer ( kau ) began when the sun stood directly over an island. The winter 

 (hooilo) began when the sun moved from there southward. 



Where the ocean and sky meet, the Hawaiians designated as Hiki-ku; above Kalii- 

 ki, I\}pamtu; above Papamiu, Papalani; directly above Kahiki, Kapiiilwlaiiikekitiua. 



HOURS OF THE DAY. 



The Hawaiian day commenced at 12 midnight and ran till next midnight. There 

 being only twelve months in the Hawaiian year of 30 days each, or in all 360 days, five 

 days were added at the end of the month Welehu so that the civil or solar year began on 

 the 6th day of the month Makalii. The feast of Lono was celebrated during the five 

 intercalarv davs. For eight months of the year there were four kapu nights and days 

 ( k'li, Una. Kaloa. Kane) in each month. The four kajiu limes of the month were also 

 called Na la kapii Kaitila. 



The Hawaiian division of the night was : i. Kihi, 6 ]>. m. ; 2. Pili, <> p. m. ; 3. Kau, 

 12 m. n. ; 4. Pilipuka, 3 a. m. ; 5. Kihipuka, () a. m. 



The Javanese, borrowing from the Hindus, divided the entire twenty-four hours 

 into five portions, each of which had a i)articular name. Another division was into nine 

 parts, four for the day and five for the night. — ( Rienzi. ) 



