300 Fonuvidcr Collection of f-hn^'aiian Folk-lore. 



obscurities in his notes, which would doubtless have Ix-en done by himself had he pre- 

 pared it for |)ublication. — Ed. |. 



'KihahaiKi kiii" of Oalui was contcniporarv witli Kalit-kili on Maui; lie was beaten in battle by Kahekili and 

 fled to the mountains, and was subsequently slain by his brother-in-law, Kunianoha, known also as Kekuamanoha. 

 =The author is supposed to voice tlie widow's lament as she sees the bodies of her murdered lord and his 

 companion, Alapai, borne out on the canoe upon the lochs of Puuloa, on its way to Waikiki for their sacrihce. 

 'Pililua oc. you and your friend, you are one of two: O htlckia, you two have gone together to Ewa. 

 'A ka'u lani; lani. cliief; also my chief. 



"O Kaapikikikolo, Kaawilikolo, to snatch up what comes to hand when one hurriedly flees from a pursuer. 

 Olua ia lua mea ; a phrase signifying no property, only their persons. 



"Omeamea wale, a repetition of the familiar phrase signifying uUcr destitution, poverty, a forlorn state. 

 'I ka oneanea, to the solitude in Kawailele, a place in Ewa. 



'Two names, Kahapnulono and Kapaikaualulu, are given for the drum in the temple of Kekeleaiku. 

 "Hiolani, name given Kahahana because he was a fallen chief; bio, decline, fall over; lani, a chief. 

 '°Ka pueo kani kaua ; oe understood, thou art the bird (pueo, owl) that sings of war. 

 "The names used here seem to imply a mental and physical condition rather than a locality. 

 '-No ka welu hau, on account of the clumps of ban (a bush, Paritium tUiaccnm), at Kupahu, there was 

 Kahana (Kalohai). 



"Puanakau, a term signifying an uncertain or appro.ximate month in wliich Kaliabana died, but shown as 

 certain in the next line. 



"Hionalele, etc., names of Kahahana. 



"Hikimauelemauele, name of his companion (.kona lua). 



"Oia kai, i.e., that sea, near Ewa; ke awalau, many harbors; numerous entrances into the bay full of islands. 

 "Name of the canoe formerly belonging to Kahahana. 



''E i! lau hoe ia ana ka lani, speak, he shall speak; lau a nuilliuide; hoc. the paddles as the paddling multitude 

 of men, sovereigns of the chief. 



'"Oia, he, Kahahana, is upon the pola, the deck of a double canoe. 



-"Leahi, serene in the calm, lends itself to the deceptive appearance at times of being separated by sea from 

 the main land. 



■'The grass, land, etc., are brown by the summer sun. Makalii is tlie name of a single month, it applies to 

 the hottest; it is' also the name of a whole season of six months. Ke olio, grass likened to the hair; kukai, 

 dipped frequently in the sea. It is said that persons made their hair Ijrown by frequent bathing in the sea. Here 

 ke oho kukai is the brown grass of Mauuenaena, a plain east of Waikiki. 



"I enaeiia, that is burned, scorched, by the sea of Kalchuawehe, the name of the Waikiki surf at certain 

 seasons. 



"Aiohi, ancient name of that part of Waikiki, about the Kapiolani park entrance. 



-'Aloha na boa, exclamation of the poet, compassion for the companions of the first surf of the season; 

 when winter sets in, the highest surfs begin to dash upon the shore, these were called "ka nalu nina kau," the 

 first season surfs, and were very high. 



='Kulana kai, the state of the sea in the winter months, uncertain, some high, some calm. 

 ■"Kaulua has been dealt with erroneously in the original translation as a wintry month, a month to be 

 remembered, etc. Kaulua is given as the fourth summer month, therefore its other meaning of a double canoe, 

 which in its' use as bearing the body of the dead chief, shown in the context, seems to better fit the case. 



°'He kaulua aloha, "an endeared canoe to the memory of Moholekinau" (an epithet of Kahahana), the chief. 

 ""■The man of the pali who had secreted himself enters Peapea, name of a land of Kahekili, aff'ording a play 

 on words. 



-"Hale pea lau nin, house made of coconut leaves; pea, leaves crossed as in braiding coconut leaves into 

 a lanai cover. 



'"Hale pili ole, house unthatched, o ke kaha, on the sea beach, ke noho oe, there thou dwellest. 

 "I nanea ai oe, that you may be at ease, comfortable on this shore. 

 ^'Ua hele Kona, the people of Kona have gone; those of Koolau have forsaken you. 

 "Ua kuleana ole, etc., your rights at that shore are rejected. 



"Ua kaha aloha la ; that friendly shore where you two arc sleeping is shown by the context to be death s 

 shore. 



''E kamaele kai kapu, thou like one benumbed in the forbidden sea; laahia keawe is somewhat obscure. 

 ™E ka auwae ele lua, thou with a chin very dark, "lua," poetic for "loa" (irf interim; i ele ka maka, whose 

 eyes also are black. 



"O ke kapu o ke alii, that is what is sacred to the chief or to which he has a right. It is said that black 

 was a distinguishing mark of Kahekili and all his attendants and followers, hence, any such distinguishing mark 

 on Kahahana, whether birthmark or tatooing, designated him as sacred to Kahekili. 

 "He pua laha ole nei no na moku, a flower not scattered or intended for the islands. 

 "Kamahao, wonderful the fate of Oahu's chief. 

 "I walea, comfortable, easy, is the chief at Kona. i ka lulu, on account of the quietness. 



