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Poniandcr Collection of Haivaiiau Folk-lore. 



I Ic lias a tliniat to swallow the islan<l with- 

 out choking. 

 Lands in working dress are Kau and Puna : 

 Lands where my chief may freely go, as 



thou knowest. 

 I'una is a land where he may eat himself 



alone ; 

 ^,95. It is a land unfortified for my chief, thou 



knowest. 

 llilo is a land not surely captured for my 



chief, thou knowest. 

 Keaau of VVaiakea is a fish calahash, the 



cover is Olaa, 

 What liclongs to other calahashes, lielongs 



to Lawalawaihonua. 



Me puu kalea ole''" i ka nioku. 



He nioku aleuleu"" Kau me Puna, 



He nioku liele wale"' no ia no kuu lani, 



iike oe. 

 He moku ai main aku o Puna,"- 



395. He moku pakaua ole"" ia no kuu lani, 

 iike oe. 

 He moku uhaiaholo"* o Hilo o kuu lani, 



iike oe. 

 Keaau."'' o Waiakea, he ipu ia, he poi o 



I^aa — e — 

 Noloko ia o na ipu"" e, 110 Lawalawai- 

 honua ma — e — . 



Canto X. 



I^awalawaihonua and company was the 



large calahash, 

 400. TIicN were cut up slmrt as if for a small 



dish: 

 Cut up small and mi.xed together. 

 They were stirred together in the gravy 



dish; 

 They gave them into the gravy dish in 



clear water ; 

 Into the royal dish of the chief of Hilo. 

 405. It was polished by Imoku till l^eautiful. 



The wooden vessels [calabashes] of Kulu- 



kulua. 

 Fetch the banibu, Ijring here the bam1)u. 

 The sharp bambu of Lono. 

 Bring here, bring here. 



Pauku X. 



Lawalawaihonua' ma ka ipu, 



400. I mokuku- poke ipukai ; 

 Pokepokea iho poke iho. 

 Pokea iho iloko o ka ipukai f 

 Hoae* iloko o ka ipukai moakaka, 



1 ka ipu naiii a ka lani o Hilo. 



403. L'a halo^ ia e Imoku a iiani, 

 Na ka laau a Kulukulua:" 

 Kii mai ka ohe, homai ka ohe, 

 O ka ohe' hanaoi a Lono, 

 Homai la e homai — . 



"He puu kalea ole, to choke, to gargle, to be troubled to swallow when drinking; kalea, to choke. 



"°He moku aleuleu, a dress to work in, one that if dirty'will be no injury, Kau and Puna arc working clothes. 



"He moku licle wale, the above districts are places where Kamehanieha may go at pleasure as there will be 

 no enemy; i ike oe, thou O Keoua knowest (words of the poet to Keoua). 



""He moku ai malu. Puna is a land where Kamehameha may eat in secret, unseen, alone. 



"'He moku pakaua ole, a district where there are no nnmitions of war ; pakaua, war fence ; no kuu lani, for 

 my chief; i ike oe, thou Keoua knowest. 



"He moku uhai aholo, Hilo is not certainly captured; uhaiaholo, as in a race sometimes one is before then 

 falls behind, then the others, etc., so it is not certain which will win, so was Hilo. 



"'Keaau o Waiakea, Keaau was a large land in Puna; Waiakea, a large land in Hilo, lliesc two lands arc 

 the calabasli ; he poi, the cover of that calabash is Olaa, a land of upper Puna. 



"Noloko ia o na ipu e, the above mentioned places, Keaau, Waiakea and Olaa, were in the calabash, i. e., 

 in the power of Kamehameha ; e is added to ipu as an ornament in recitation ; no lawalawa i honua malawa, bound, 

 lied up light, an epithet of Kamehameha. 



'Lawalawaihonua, name of a large wooden calabash, Hilo is meant by this. 



■Moku, cut up, cut short, as land divided into small tracts, as lish cut in small pieces. 



'Ipukai, a small dish for gravy ; pokea, to cut up short and mi.x together. 



'Hoae, to give, to transfer to another place. 



'Halo, to polish, to garnish, to make bright. Imoku, naine of a chief of Hilo. 



"Kulukulua, name of a chief of Hilo; Kalaau, a wooden vessel, wooden calabash. 



'Ohe hanaoi, cuttmg instruments were formerly made of bambu. 



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