Nahienaena. 



Nahienaena. 



Tlie kapa-beatcr <if tlic hark ,i;n)\vii thrift)' 



and wide, 

 A kapa block from Kahiki. 

 The breadfruit bark torn into shreds. 

 The niapele bark bnikcn up in Hke manner, 

 5. The kapa bark and the kapa water-bmvl. 

 Nahienaena is kapa bark, symiiolicall}'. 

 Transforming Kalani-nui-kua-Hholiho 

 Into an overseer of the fish, tortoise. 

 That is the bark which is Ijeing beaten. 

 10. Kalani beats kapa in a circular manner: 



the chief beats. 

 The chiefs joined together the earth will 



be eternal. 

 The chiefs being allied the earth is 



established for Lani, 

 The chiefs stick together ; sleep together 



for pleasure, 

 ^^'hile the chiefs join the earth abides firm. 

 15. 'Tis a day of tremulous heat, hot overhead. 

 The mountain noises clash together, the 



sea also is noisy, 

 The voice of frequent thunder speaks on 



hieh, 



kuku' oloa,- Ian'' nloa nhalahala* mai 



i akea, 

 He kua'' la no Kahiki. 

 He ulu" i heia, 



He mapele' i heia, ia e penei. 

 5. Ka oloa, a he ka oloa. 



He oloa Nahienaena" ma ka olelo wale ana, 

 E oloa aku ana'' ia Kalani-nni-kua-liholiho. 



1 kane aimoku^" iluna ka ia ea" la. 

 O ka oloa ia e kuku nei, 



10. O ke kuku poai,'- Kalani, kuku ke 'Hi, 

 O ka lani, kua'i'-' ka lani, mau ka honua. 

 Kuka'i Kalani, mau ka honua ia Lani,'^ 

 Lani pipili haamomoe'^ lea. 

 Pipili Kalani,"' mau ka homia ia la. 



15. He la kolii'' nono ka iluna. 



O ke'- ka mauna'" wawa, ke kai wawa, 

 Olelo kai-" iluna, ka leo o ka hekikili^' 

 kawowowo.-^ 



'The beating process in kapa making. 



'The bark of the waukc prepared for beating. 



'A poetic embellishment, euphonic and to fill up the measure. 



*To grow thriftily as a vegetable, spreading as a tree. 



"Name of the block upon which the kapa bark is beaten. 



"The breadfruit tree (Artocarfus incisa) ; young breadfruit trees furnished bark for certain grades of kapa. 



'A term of one of the processes in making kapa. Name also of a tree of Crytandra species furnishing a kapa 



bark. 



'Nahienaena is likened unto the bark and water-bowl efficiency of kapa makers. 



'E oloa ana; the state of passing from one stage to anotlier, hence, Nahienaena is bearing Liholiho's oloa. 



"Kane aimoku, alias Liholiho ; literally, the husband possessor of land. 



"Over (0 understood, a poetic license) the fish ea, turtle. 



"Kuku poai is the beating of kapa with a circular movement of the liand ; Kalani, the chief, i. c., Nahienaena 

 beats kapa in that manner. 



"Kuka'i. to sew or join together, hence, Liholiho and Nahienaena being united, the earth is perpetuated for 

 Liholiho. 



"Lani, etc., belongs to both these chiefs. 



'"To sleep together for pleasure. 



'"While the Lani's join, i. e., the chiefs, the earth abides strongest. 



"He la kolii is a day when the sun's rays are tremulous over the plains ; nono, hot. 



"Ke, to slap or strike together as two hard substances. 



"The mountains rush together with a noise (wawa), and the sea also. 



'"Poetic for olelo iluna ka leo, tlie voice on high (thunder), speaks frequently. 



"Hekikili, roaring heavily. 



"Kawowowo, rumbling noise. 

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