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Foniaiulcr i'ollccfioii of ficm'aiiaii Folk-lore. 



They are suddenly aroused at the boldness 



of the chief; 

 The chief shows himself hold at Kukni- 



pahu ; 

 lie commanded with a loud voice, there is 



great silence atove ; 

 The loud voice cried, the people all fled 



quickly ; 

 210. I lib people ran inland, they rushed inland 



of Makaholo. 

 The head of the upland is broken, 

 \'ery much broken by Akakalani ; astonish- 

 ing was their cowardice ; 

 'JMie hair of the coward trembles : full of 



fear, he crawls away and crouches 



like a fowl. 

 Trembling at the voice of the soldier, — 



the chief, 

 215. I lis voice sounds on high like a voice of 



thunder. 

 I'.ut the chief is a fowl sitting quietly 



upon its roost. 

 Astonishing is the transfer of Hawaii ! 



I'uiwa'^ i ka jiaha a ka lani. 



Paha ka lani^'' i Kukuipahu, 



Kani ka ikuwa^'' a miha iluna, 



Kani ka laka'' a haalele, a haalele wale 



210. Nakolokolo'* i uka o Hilo nei, i uka o 



Makaholo. 

 Wahia ka manawa'" o ka uka, 

 Nakaka"" e Akakalani, ka i ka ai a ka hai- 



wale 

 A li ka hulu-' o ka hohe. wiwo a kolo a 



moa ka noho, 

 W'eliweli-- i ka leo o ke koa o ka lani. 



215. Ke hen--' mai nei nialuna me he heu la na 

 ka hekili — e — 

 A o ka lani^* o ka moa i kau i ke kau, 

 I ka-^ i ka ai o Hawaii ! 



Canto VH. 



Hawaii is a cock-pit, on the ground the 



well fed cocks fight ; 

 The chiefs fight, the dark-red [cock] the 



bird awake at night for battle; 



Pauku VH. 



O Hawaii kaluia,' ilalo e liaka- 'i o ka 



nioamahi, 

 Hakau'' ka lani ka ulahiwa, ka moa ala po 



i ke kaua, 



"Puiwa, suddenly frightened, applied to the people at the hoasting, bragging; paha, to boast, to brag of a 

 place, country, or person ; a ka lani, Kamehameha. 



"Paha ka lani. Kamehameha boasts at Kukuipahu. name i)f tlie place where Kaniehanieha encamped above 



nil... 



"Kani ka ikuwa, to sound with a loud stentorian voice, to call aloud; a niiha, 1st, to float off silently, calmly; 

 2nd, the calmer silence after a great noise, applied to Kamehameha commanding his soldiers, for he had a very 

 strong voice. 



"Kani ka laka. of loud voice, Kamehameha cried aloud. His voice frightened his enemies, they fled quickly. 

 "Nakolokolo, all Hilo ran inland, ruslied inland of Makaliolo up above VVaiakca. 



'"Wahia ka manawa, zi^aliiii for zoclii ia, to break, ka manawa, the top of the liead, literally, the open place in 

 cliildren's heads where the pulse beats, the head of the upland is broken. 



■" Nakaka, broken up, full of cracks as wet ground suddenly dried up cracks open. Ka, astonishing, wonder- 

 ful ; i ka ai, an expression often used, as ka i ka ai ka aihue, wonderfid the theft, a ka haiwale, astonishing their 

 cowardice and fear. 



"A li, to tremble with fear; the hulu, hair, the hair of the hohe. coward, trembles; wiwo a kolo, fearful 

 he crawls away and acts the hen in secret, or sits like a friglitened hen in ;i secrel place. A vivid description of 

 a coward in battle. 



"Weliweli, the enemies of Kamehameha tremble at the sound of the voice of the soldiers. 



''Ke heu, to sound as the voice of the owl or other bird while flying, here it signifies sound as a loud voice. 



"'.\ o ka lani, the chief is a fowl perched on its sleeping place. 



"''I ka i ka ai, astonishing, wonderful is the transfer of Hawaii. 



'O Hawaii kahua, a place of business, Hawaii is a cock-pit. or arena, otherwise a liatlle ground. 



"Hak.-i for hakaka ; ka moa m.ahi. a cock kept as a pet. trained to fight ; mahi a favorite; inniahele, greatly cared 



fur. 



'Ilakau, to light, eonlend. 



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