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Voruandcr L'ollccfioii of IIoK'aiian Polk-lorc. 



The red tail nf Hahomea 



Breaking through indeed the forces of the 

 leaders ; 



Thou art jumping to the upland of the 

 island ; 

 435. Thou art leaping to the Hikiku : 435. 



Thou are leaping to the Hikinioe ; 



That land is left behind. 



The land has become the favorite's, 



Its breath even belongs to him ; 

 440. The people all adhere to him : 440. 



Their food indeed is baked kalo. 



They fetch the stones from all the island 

 round. 



His master comes in the presence of 

 Wakea. 



The thunder on the ground, the thunder in 

 the air, 

 445. it moves along over Punaluu and Papa- 445. 



kiikii, 



Over the plain where Kane was wor- 

 shiped ; 



On the plain where Ku along with Lono 

 [was worshiped]. 



There was adorning, the mixed sweet food 

 of the land 



Was given into the mouth of Hainukulani ; 

 450. There it was gathered, collected, 450- 



By Luakaimoana Igod of that place]. 



They were gathered in sufficient abun- 

 dance ; 



The awa was prohibited by Kukailinioku : 



It was the god's kapu through Malela; 

 455. The kapu also by the male gods: 455. 



But they ate together with the female gods. 



But his awa was prohibited Ulunae ; 



[The priest] proclaimed a kapu, the adze 

 rests ; 



Ka pewa ula a 1 lahomea"' 



Paoa'-* na ma ka a lihi ; 



Leia^^ oe ma ka uka o ka moku ; 



Leia oe ma ka Hikiku ; 



Leia oe ma ka Hikimoe ; 



Waihoa^" iho ia aina. 



Ka honua no ko kamaiki, 



O ke ea ka ko i ana ; 



He mea pili wale no kanaka ; 



He mea ai na kalo moa. 



Kiina ka pohaku i ko na aumoku.-'' 



Ka mai kona haku i ke alo o Wakea. 



O nehenuu,^- o nehelani. 



Hoae i Punaluu, ■'■' i Papakiikii, 

 I ka papa lekaleka'" a Kane ; 

 I ka papa a Ku ma laua o Lono. 

 Hanaia i nani i wali ka inai o ka moku 

 Haona^'* iloko o Hainukulani ; 



Ohiohia'''' mai, ukai akoakoa, 



O Luakaimoana.^' 



Ohiohia mai a lako wale na ; 



O ke kapu o ka awa o Kukailimoku ;^ 



O ko akua kapu hoi e Malela ; 



Kapu hoi i na 'kua Kane ; 

 Ai puku^" hoi i na 'kuawahine. 

 Kapu hoi kona awa o Ulunae ;" 

 Kahea lealea" ia mai ke koi ; 



-'Hahomea, an ancient warlike chief. Kamehameha is said to he his tail, i. e., follower, imitator. 



-'Paoa, to break through, as a large fish inclosed in a net makes a dash and lircaks through. 



""Leia pass of le, to leap, jump. 



"Waihoa pass for waihoia. 



-'Ko na aumoku, all the lands around ; ka, to come, to approacli. 



'''Nehenuu, the effect, the striking of thunder upon the ground; nehelani, the sound of thunder in the clouds. 

 Note : Hawaiians seem not to have understood the connection between lightning and thunder as they attribute to hun- 

 der what belongs to lightning. 



"Punaluu, name of a place in Kaft ; Papakiikii. a place near Punaluu; lioae, to move along. See ac to pass. 



"Lekaleka, to offer a sacrifice, to worship a god. 



"Haona, see hao to cram, and haona to cram into one's mouth when one is hungry; applied to the liberal feed- 

 ing of the gods by their worshipers. Hainukulani, name of Kamehameha's god while fighting at Kau. 



"Ohiohia, to gather up, to collect little things; ukai, up inland; akoakoa, to assemble, to collect. 



"Luakaimoana, name of one who gathered things for Kamehameha. 



"Kukailimoku, the war god of Kanieliameha. 



"W puku, a state of freedom among the gods in regard to eating, when tliere was no kapu. 



'"Ulunae, name of a place in Kail. 



"Lealea, name of a kapu; kahea lealea, to proclaim a kapu. 



