A Lamentation for Kalialiana. 301 



"I ka pohu wale, by the perfect calm o ka ua, i.e., the calm that often attends a waahia (waahila) shower. 



"Akaaka ke kupa, the resident laughs— a poetic idea this. Haki na nalu, the surfs break. 



"Huakai, the ridge of white foam on the top of a surf when it breaks, hence the white foaming surfs of 

 Kauahui. 



^'I luii ia paha oe. thou ( i. e., Kahahana) art unittd, perhaps; e moe mai la. he will sleep with you. 



"A manawaohna, the sickness of dogs when they refuse all food except grass and leaves— applies to people 

 when they have no appetite — i ka makani. Kahahana even loathed the breezes that fanned him. Pahola, mahola, 

 the motion of the hands in spreading a cloth or kapa, hence the blowing of the Kaunulau wind which was to 

 neutralize that which made Kahahana sick. 



"E ku, let down the stone as an anchor, that the canoe be roped, i. e., fastened. 



''I ka pali la oe ; to the cliff, thou; to the salt plain; a directing command, with what follows, of the course 

 of a departing soul. Alia — a salt pond — on Oahu, was the place where the souls of tlie dead were supposed to 

 descend to the nether world- 



**Kinimakalehua at the Maomao trees was one of the places where Kahaliana hid himself. This is probably 

 the same as niao (Gossyf'itiiii toiiicntosuin). 



"Kinimakalehua was a small headland between Kahauiki and Leina a ka Uhane, a place where in former 

 times the priests prayed and made offerings to the gods for the reception of the spirits before they leaped into 

 Sheol. 



""Kahahana and friends are here called kanaka. 



°'A hiki moano ka lehua. Moano, a pale red ccilor until th.c lehua (soldier) becomes red, i.e., until they 

 (Kahahana and his friend) should die. 



"'Ke koa i kau i ka la, the soldier (Kahahana) should be stretched out dead. 



°'E kau ae i ka haka, erect the haka having the ensign, weloula, of a chief. A very high haka or a noble 

 kapa or mat used in ceremonies of the chiefs is weloula. The poet here says to Kahahana to prepare the funeral 

 ceremonies worthy of a chief (or yourself). 



"Ua ike paha oe, perhaps thou hast seen, O rain and sun, that this is the chief who lies here, naked. 



°"E' loloaikulani, to lie naked without covering, a word used only in poetry, now obsolete; aohe kapa, explana- 

 tory of loloaikulani. 



""Kalaninuimakahakumaikalani, a name of Kahahana that may be rendered by separate words. Hakuma is an 

 epithet of ill-looking, angry countenance, applied to clouds when they threaten a storm. The prefix "makolu" 

 intensifies this thought as thick, heavy, ominous. 



"Hakiwa o Lono, etc. Hakiwa is the dark blue when the sky and sea or land meet — now seldom used- It 

 does not mean the sky overhead, nor does it apply to the clouds; Lono, an ancient god, the meeting of sky and ocean 

 of Lono, that is the hakuma of heaven. 



"*Ua uhane ololi, the chief has become a slirivelltd, thin soul, a ghost. Ua hanehane ka leo. etc. — The 

 Hawaiians supposed that near a burying ground, or where there were many dead bodies from a battle or other 

 causes, there, or near there, the uhanes or ghosts met and wailed and talked; hanehane signifies this conference, 

 hence it sometimes signifies low conversation or whispering, meaning the voice of the spirit calls to his companion 

 in sleep, Alapai ; ke hea for the present tense, for Alapai was slain with him, he was his aikane, intimate friend. 



■"A name of Alapai. 



°°He kama, a child, ia hoi la, indeed was he; he kamalei, a nurtured, fondled child. Lei is what is worn as 

 an ornament of the neck, hence, what is greatly beloved, a child hugged to the bosom is a kamalei. 



°'Ka pali welau o Koolau, the extreme end of the long pali of Koolau. Alapai was from that place and joined 

 Kahahana when he heard of his misfortunes. 



""His district is also entitled to sympathy in the death of this bosom companion. The notes had it "Koolau 

 is also greatly to be pitied," which hardly seems deep enough. 



"Huakai malo lau ki ; procession of ti-leaf malo wearers. The people of Koolau on account of the rain often 

 exchanged their valuable kapas and malos for covering made of ti-leaves. 



"Ua haao, a soft freciuent rain upon the mountains of Koolau. 



'"Ua hanai, etc., thou, i. e., the rain thou feedest, nourishest the makahala, a plant growing only at Xmianu. 



"Ke lu la, thou scatterest the first leaves, muo, new leaves as the coconut. 



"I ui wale ia oe ; "ui" to salute, to pity, have affection for, which salute thee, O Kalauli. i.e., Kaliahana. 



"Kahuoi has a small canoe, that will carry or contains a hog, hence a small canoe. 



"Kuu hoike, etc.. this, as preceding, is the language of Alapai to Kahahana : thou art or hast been my di- 

 rector in the wilderness. 



"Akahi o iiohoia, just now thou wast an inhabitant here, but thou hast gone. This is the end of Alapai's 

 speech. 



"Kai noa, etc., expression of the poet, who thouglit his chief had gone to Kauai. 



"Ua ahai, to carry away; Mahuka has carried him "i ke ola," to a place of safety, ola la paha, there perhaps 

 he will live. Mahuka an ancient journeyer of Oahu, from some secret going of his, it has now become an epithet, 

 hele mahuka, i.e., to run away. 



"What is the man's offence, i.e., Kahahana's. 



"I hana ino ai, that he has grievously done against that sea? i.e., between Oahu and Kauai; the sea that 

 bears away the ako and the ama. that is, it is broken to pieces. 



"Waa au, etc., canoe swimming on its bosom, that is floating in pieces. Ke ala e hiki ai, in this path, in 

 this manner it got ashore. 



Memoirs B. P. B. Museum, Vol. VI. — 20. 



