Pcillcii is the Cliicf. 



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'I'hc adze that was lit'w iiig at tlic eternal 



tlio light, 

 460. At thy offence of inward evil thought. 

 There is the breaking of the kapu 

 At the stand of the god pardoning offence 



oi W'akea. 

 The assembly of worshipers of Iku. 1)\' the 



power of Kihawahine, 

 Greatly desiring to consume the land of 



Puna. 

 465. That is food for that many Ixidied woman. 

 For the fish lying on the surface of the 



water ; the milo below ; 

 For the mullet swimming in the lake 



Waiwela, 

 Passing thence to Waiakea, 

 Through Knla, through Kapoho, through 



Puehu, through Kunuikukui. 

 470. The hiiuses sttiod at W'alekawahine, 



The capacious house built by the chiefs. 

 Let him live forever, O let him live ; 

 Let the chief live, the royal festoon of 



Kiha. 

 This chief is thine. O Ku ! 

 475. Let the little chiefs under him live. 



Let the fatiier chiefs live under his pm- 



tection ; 

 Let the soldiers live who fought in former 



times. 

 Let the mass of people live — the common 



people ; 

 Those who make the collected Ixidy of the 



island 

 480. Who prepare and put in order the feasts. 



Ke koi hauhaua'- ka — manawa. — e — 



460. Ka Iiala an a Kinaukolo.""' 

 .\ia ka wahi kapu 

 Ka hainvui''* kalana o Wakea. 

 Ka hainana^-' a Iku, mana a Kihawahine, 

 E hia ai^'' ana ia Puna. 



465. Ia ai ka wahine kino lau,*' 

 Ina ia moe aau'"* milo, 

 Ina anae holo o Waiwela,''" 

 Hole wai'^" o Waiakea, 

 I Kula, i Kapoho, i Puehu, i Kunuikukui."'^ 



470. Ku aku na hale i Walekawahine. 

 Ka hale Kamauliola'''- e ka lani, 

 E ola, — e — e ola, — 

 E ola kalani, ka made alii a Kiha,''^ 

 Keia w^ahi lani-"* au, e Ku ! 



475. Ola iho na lani liilii'"'' malalo, 



Ola iho ua makualii'''' i ka opina,''' 

 Ola na koa nana e haka''* kahuna, 

 Ola ka hu"'" poe luii he makaainana ; 

 Ka mea nana ka aha moku — e — a 



480. Nana e luaa''" wall ka aha 



evil ; 



"Koi hauhaua, striking adze; ka, to strike at, to affect; ka manawa, the internal thought. 



"Kinaukolo, name of an ancient chief on Hawaii; kinaukolo. kinaunau. to revolve in the mind, especial 

 kolo. to come in judgment, to condemn for some wrong. 



"Hainuu, — haianuu, the raised steps on which the idol stood. Kalana for /I'l;/!/ lOdi. pardoning as of an ofTense, 

 this was done by the gods through the priest having ofifered an acceptable sacrifice. 



'"'Hainana, an assembly, a multitude assembled for worship; Kihawahine. the lizard goddess. 



'"Hia ai, greatly desiring to eat, to consume. 



"Lau, many; lehulehu. kino lau, many bodied, applied to Kihawahine above. 



'\\au, to swim or float as a bsh with head above water; milo, the branch of a tree on the bank of a lish pond, 

 the branch reaching Ijelovv the surface of the water; applied to the people of Puna conquered by Kamehameh.i." 



'"Waiwela, name of a pond in Puna from the fact that the water is always warm from the volcano. 



"Holowai, literally, to sail by water, to pass from one place to another; Waiakea, name of a stream at Hilo. 



"Kula, Kapoho, Puehu, Kumukukui. names of places in Puna. 



"Kamauliola, coiufortably residing, i. e., a house to live comfortably in. 



"Kiha, an ancient chief. 



"Keia walii lani, this kind of chief, i. e.. one of his cliaractcr. 



"Na lani liilii, applies to the cliildren of Kamehameha. 



■'"Makualii, the chiefs under Kamehameha, especially the older ones. 



'"Opi. opina, 1st, the place on the side of a person between the ribs and the hip bone; 2nd. the place of affec- 

 tion, to live in the opina of a person is to enjoy liis favor and protection. 



'"Haka, to fight ; buna, before, time past. 



""Hu, applied to all the people, the multitude ; ka hu poe nui, all the people everywhere. 



"Luaa, 1st, to pound poi till soft; 2nd, to make poi and make ready food and conveniences for a feast. 



