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Poniandcr CoUcction of Ifa7caiiai! I'olk-lore. 



Ai kdkc''' 11(1 i iia in o hananioa, 



The\' carl\- peck each nthcr as Ijroods of 



fowls : 

 They earl\- ].)cck each cither l)ack and forth. 

 Woiidcrfully they act! how slianiefully 



they liehave ! 

 IJO. Shame is their pleastii-c, iiow great their 



(hsapjiointnieiit ! 

 Alas for them : they are greatly dis- 



apjx)inted. 

 Much less shame to the crown had he fled 



to Kailna in Kona. 

 There would be a less shame in that, 



but this shame exceeds the others ; 

 They exceed in badness, deafness arises 



with one accord. 

 1.25. There was entire stubtornness, windy Kau 



was deaf at Keaa. 

 Treacherous is Tmia at Leleapiki as seen 



at Xauawale. 

 llilo is inakiHt^ mischief at the sand of 



Kalalau. 

 She is rendered powerless, llilnpaliku is 



Ijoiuid with hands liehind. 

 She stands ashamed, she wanders a vaga- 



Ixjnd in the mountains : 

 130. In the uplands of Laa, in Paoole. 



Unsettled, the people only stay, liable to be 



driven off : 



l\e kiko koke, ke kiko aku, ke kiko mai. 

 Nani wale lakou"" e hoohohoka mai nci. 



IJO. Lea ka hoka'-' i ka nui o ke ahuawa; 

 Aloha ino-" lakou e hoka mai nei ; 

 K hapa ka hoka"" i kalei e hala i Kona, i 



Kailua la — 

 Eia ka hokahoka-* iho alaela, he kela keia 



no ka hoka 

 He aiwaiwa nei,-'* he aa pii lokahi. 



J 25. Aia kc aa-" wale la no, aa Kau, makani i 



Keaa, 

 A])iki Puna" i I^eleapiki ke nana la i Na- 



nawalc, 

 l.alan wale ana o llilo one'-' i Kalalau, 

 La oki i opeana,-'' opea iho la Hilopaliku,"" 

 Ku wale"* ana i ka hoka. kueo wale ana i 



ka manna. 



130. I ka uka o Laa''- i Paoole. 



Aole kohukohu-'^ ka moe wale ko ka aina 

 makee wale, — e — 



"Ai koke no, they quickly eat, that is, peck each other as a brood of chickens; Keawemauhili at Hilo quar- 

 reled with Keoua at Kail, pecked each other. 



'°\ani wale lakou, tliat is Hilo people and Kail people, vvnndertul Imw shamefully they ])ehave, how disap- 

 pointed. 



'"'Lea ka Imk.i, their disappointment, shame was their pleasure for ihe greatness of the ahuawa, disappoint- 

 ment, shame, grief. 



"Aloha ino, a phrase of great contempt ; also of great affection, according as it is spoken ; great contempt for 

 their present dis.-ippointment. 



"''E hapa ka lioka, much less shame to the crown, if he, Keawemauhili had fled to Kailua. 



"'Eia na hokahoka iho, here is the great shame, another ground of shame; alaela — alalia, these at that trans- 

 action ; he kela, to exceed, to be more, to excel, this exceeds all other deeds of shame. 



"^He aiwaiwa nei, he (id. dumb, acting like deaf persons with one mind, Keawemauhili and Keoua. Language 

 of the poet. 



•°Aia ke aa. theit was nothing but deafness, stubbornness. win(l\' Kail was deaf at Keaa, a place in Kail. 



■'Apiki Puna, false was Puna, deceitful; Leleapiki, name of a land in Puna; ke nana la, if one looks at Na- 

 nawale (name of a place in Puna). 



"'Lalau wale ana Hilo one, sandy Hilo is niischievous, Hilo at Waiakea was called Hilo one for the Hat sur- 

 face and much sand ; i Kalalau, a place north of Waiakea. 



"■Ua oki i opeana Hilo, the cliicf and people are destroyed, rendered powerless liy Iiaving their hands tied be- 

 hind their back ; Opea, name of a small land in Hilo. 



""Hilo paliku, north part of Hilo; Hilo pali, thus all parts of Hilo were like a person witli liaiuls liound be- 

 hind his back. 



"Ku wale Hilo (alii) stands ashamed, in shame Kueo goes as a poor man to the mountains; Kueo applies 

 to one who has had property, but has been stripped of everything and goes about in poverty. 



"I ka uka o Laa, on the upper side of Laa, name of a land in Puna, on the road to the volcano from Hilo; 

 i Paoole, name of a land in Laa. To these lands the people of Hilo had fled when conquered. 



''Aole kohukohu, not certain, not fixed ; ka moe wale, the people of the land simply live, stay ; m.ikau wale, 

 liable to be driven off at anv time. 



