304 I'oruaiidcr Collection of Ha-a'aiiaii I'olk-lorc. 



'"Hele lolopio ai ka lani ; hclc is another tcnii for die, as we say he is gone, meaning lie is dead. Lolopio is the 

 strai£?htening out of the linilis of a person as soon as dead, or when a person dies cahidy and easily so that it is 

 surely known when he is dead. No contraction of face or other muscles is hele lolopio. meaning, went oiif quietly. 



'"Ui, poetical for uhi, covered; ka niau, the coconut leaf. The ancient, custom of laying out chiefs was to lay 

 the body in a sort of mat made of coconut leaves instead of a coffin. 



""Moe malic, sleeps quietly, applied to an infant. 



'"'Aia ko makuahinc, there is thy mother i ko lealea. ior thy pleasure, etc.,— repeated, that is, he sleeps quietly as 

 when his mother soothed him to sleep. 



'•"Hoi hon, the chief has returned again to tlie time when lie was tended, ( hiia for hiiia), tossed in the arms 

 w;is tlie chief Kaumakoa, the king. 



'■'■"Kalole ka leo, lole to change the appearance of a thing, form, etc.. he chan.ged his voice. 



"°He pe he pa have the same meaning and signify the modest sitting of females on the mat in distinction from 

 tlie men, as they wore hut the pa-u. To sit "pe" was to double up the lower part of the leg so as to conceal as much 

 as possible imder the pa-u and the upper part of the leg. 



'"He niahu, paha, a hermaphrodite perhaps of Honokawailani. They supposed all sucli were from that place, 

 but where it was no one knows. 



""He lani aimoku ; a chief possessor of land [was Kahaliaiia]. Note what has been said about Kaumakoa refers 

 to Kahahana although another name is used. He was a possessor of land because he was a descendant of a line of 

 chiefs. 



'""He alii no ka moo; a chief by descent belongs to a line of kings. 



""Ka maka i ike, that sees with his own eyes, i papn ke kapn ; ike is again understood before papu— papu, al- 

 together, fully, throughout: ike papu to look at closely, examine with ones' own eyes; i ke kapu, at the kapu. 



""Papu ka lani. the heavens are covered over with palamoa, thin fleecy clouds of a whitish cast, not fog, clouds 

 that stand still, but the sun can shine through. 



'"Kai mahamoe, kai moa, while referred to in the original notes as gravy for fish and fowl, carries no weight in 

 its being located at Kailua over other places on Oahu, and has no connection with the cloud condition of the pre- 

 ceding line, or the wind eff'ects which follow. It is rather the sea conditions at Kailua the poet refers to. Kai ma- 

 hamoe is the smooth, glassy distant sea in a calm ; kai moa, the feathery, foamy waves of Kailua's shore. 



"■"Lube is the motion of the wings of the dragonfly to keep itself cool ; the motion of one's kihei wlien 

 riding on horseback on a gallop ; lula, same, meaning the king was fanned, cooled by the land breeze. 



"*He hau ke ala ; hau. the bush ; hau, straight, straight is the path, he kuinoena ololi ; kumoena, the long nar- 

 row strip commencement of a mat. 



"°E newa, to go carefully, look where one goes ; o liea make i ka la ; liea, to become weak, faint in traveling on 

 a long hot journey. 



'"Akua noho la i Puuokapolei, the god dwelling at Kapolei hill, |Kamaol, at Ewa, the god of Kahahana where 

 it was supposed his soul had gone. 



'"E hanehanc niai ana, etc., the sun is wailing i na wahine o Kaiiiau, on account of the women of Kamao, one 

 of the entrances to the nether world. 



""Akua pee, /. c, Kahahana, a god that hides himself. 



'"Pua ohai, the flower of ohai, a bush with beautiful blossoms; o ke kaha. dry land where taro will not grow, 

 but potatoes will. 



'"Walea wale, etc., /. c. Kahahana stands satisfied, contented, among the stones (ke a) as does the ohai trees. 



"°Ulu kanu a Kahai, "kanu" for "kanuia" among the breadfruits planted by Kahai. At that place in Puuloa 

 where Kahai introduced the breadfruit, and which is remarkable for the size of its fruits. 



"°Oo, name of a small bird having a sharp bill (Mcho iiohilis). 



'"E ka manu, by the bird of Kanehili ; name of a land. 



'"Ikea for ike ia, was seen. 



■'"Iluna above ka ohu Kanalio, the dense Kanalio, fcg region of the birds. Winds hardly ever live in the re- 

 gions where there are no clouds or shades. 



""Kela manu, etc., (ka uwau], is the name of the bird and some others wliicli are caught by building fires in 

 the night. Either through fright or for other reason, the birds fall so that they are caught. 



""I liapapa, which flutters [jumps about, unable to fly] and is caught by men, through being, perhaps, confused, 

 or dazzled by the light. 



'"Honi i ka manu. the bird scents [thel hunakai o kai. spray of the sea. 



'"I ka la la hoano, on a very sacred day (la kapu) ; i ka leic kai, by a very sacred altar: kai, sacred, set apart 

 for sacred use. 



'"Akua hoea kai. a god having power over the sea at Oneula. a place of uncertain location. 



""Ua molowa wale, etc., the companions of Kahahana were slow, [ indiff'ercntl about following him. 



"°Ua pauaho, etc., the\' had no perseverance, they forsook him. 



'"Kamau. unsettled, unstable; lau. leaf of the pali, i. c, the edge, height, or extended point. 



'"Ala holopapa laau, etc.. a wooden bridge is the path. 



"°I awa no ka waa. signifies the purpose of the aforesaid bridge as a runway for canoes of Hamakua. i pii ai, 

 whereby they ascend for lauding above. This method of canoe-landing on the rocky coasts is spoken of by Rev. W. 

 Ellis in his "Tour of Hawaii." and is further described and illustrated in the Hawaiian .Annual of igio, page 97, as 

 still practiced on the Puna coast of Hawaii. 



'•"Kuileiakamohala. name of the land which has that method for tlie use of its canoe. 



""E kala, long ago — not lately— either with or without the negative. 



