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Foniainicr Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore. 



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Bite, run (luickl}', run, run. 



Let Kalani run. 



A sounding axe is the mallet. 



Flee Kalani to the resident whose is the 



land of beating kapa. 

 In beating kapa there's a noise, 'lis a 



chief's kapa beating sound. 

 Go carefully, whistle, lie down ; lift up. 

 Angry is Kalani at the crookeil path. 

 'Tis the chief, the chief Kauikeaouli, thy 



companion. 

 Nahienaena is the resident whose it is to 



enjoy the land ; 

 The island of the resident is eaten by 



coarse men. 

 The resident enjoying the land is the 



resident indeed. 

 The feature of Kona is its calm smooth 



Xaunau/' holoholo, a link), n hohdln, 

 Ou holo Kalani. 



He kukukeke/- kuku ke koi keke. 

 40. Holo i kupa keke, kupeke^\ ili kapa keke" 

 e Kalani, 

 Kuku kapa, ua keke, he lani kuku kapa 



keke. 

 Ke kahele/'' ke oe,^'' ke nioe, ke kaikai, 

 Kukaheleke^' kapake i ka heleke, 

 Ka lani keia** o ka lani Kauikeaouli 

 o hoa. 

 45. O Nahienaena ke kupa nana e ai ka moku, 

 Ka moku*" o ke kukupa, ai'^" ka helele, 

 O ke kukupa ai aina, o ke kupa, o ke 



kupa, o ke kupa ia. 

 lie kupa i Kona ka malino.'''' 

 Ke aimoku no Kalani ke noho,-"'- 



Kalani is its district chief on living there. 



50. Nahienaena lives upland and seaward, up- 

 land and seaward. 

 The long fish-net is taken in and out. 

 The fish gather in shoals and are en- 

 trapped ; 

 The fish are gathered at one draught. 

 Lifting up the net till the water rejoices. 



53. The water, the water was up to the lireast ; 

 The bubbling water it comes and goes. 



50. Noho Nahienaena i nka, i kai, i uka, i 

 kai."-' 

 Ke pua^* loa, iloko, iwaho. 

 I ka i'a a ka papa^^ i lohia i hee''" ai. 

 Ka ia a ka papa i ka hull. 

 Kaikai a lealea" ka wai, 



55. 1 ka wai, i ke kea" ka wai. 



Ka wai mapuna"''-' ka hele i ka hoi 



"Bite, run quickly ; a holo, o holo, ouholo, variations of the imperative ka lani, i. e., Kauikeaouli let Kauikea- 

 ouli run, etc. 



"Kukukeke ; kuku, an instrument for pounding kapa, keke, the sound in beating it ; ke koi, tlie adze used in 

 cutting wood was the sounding mallet. 



"Kupeke, a turning motion of the hand in beating kapa. 



"Ili kapa keke, the surface of the sounding kapa. 



''Kahele, to go carefully ; hti here like aka, as akahele. 



"Ke oc. oc the sound of wind made by blowing into a bung-hole, or a hole in a calabash blown upon by the 

 wind. 



"Kukaheleke, a provoked anger on account of anything being stolen, etc.; kapeke, a scolding anger; heleke, 

 like hele kekee, to go crooked. 



"This is his lordship, his lordship Kauikeaouli. 



"The land of the resident kukupa, this reduplication of kit is to fit tlie word to the beat of the drum. 



""Ai ka helele, the eating and enjoyment of a coarse, filtliy man ; helele, his epithet. 



"Malino, a calm, a smooth sea out of the trade winds. 



"Ke noho, is a provision that the chief is a resident of the district in order to enjoy it. 



"Nahienaena flits back and forth, upland and seaward. 



"Pua, name of a long net for catching flying-fish ; the company of men is called a pua if a number go to catch 

 a wild animal, or do other service here and there. 



°'Papa, a large net is called a papa; i lohia, that is a long time in making, hence very good. Hawaiian? 

 esteem things good in proportion to the length of time spent thereon. 



"Hee here refers to dipping up the fish with a srhaller net. 



"Lealea ka wai, the water rejoices for the wiggling and flowing of the fish; wai here used for kai. 



"I ke kea, up to the breast ; kea refers to the circumference of a person behind his arms, another kea is from 

 the arm-pits upwards. 



"Wai mapuna, water boiling as in a spring. 



