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Pomander CoUcction of Hazvaiiaii folk-lore. 



J Jinaaikamalaina was the dauyiitc-r, 

 The beautiful wife of Papa, 

 80. Who lived with Akea whereby Haloa was 



born, the progenitor of chiefs. 

 ]laloa was JKirn a true chief, 

 'i'ho cliici of the severe kapu ; 

 The ruler that was established on hi.^h. 

 Low lieth the foreign land : the gentle 



moving current, 

 85. The current of the island wdiere dwell the 



monsters. 

 ^\'lu■n the sky is overcast with threatening- 

 clouds, 

 Life runs through the Hmb witliDUt 



sutlden numbness ; 

 Without shame, the double canoe sails on, 

 Sails on carefully and hesitatingly, 

 90. The cautious footsteps of the chiefs from 



afar. 

 Traveling on the current of light kapus. 

 'Tis a sacred bosom, 

 'Tis a burial shelf for the chiefs. 

 The king, the chief, Kauikeaouli, they are 



companions, 

 95. They are the people of the foreign land : 

 The people with scaly skin, wrinkled liy 



the water. 

 The ])eople with the scaly, |)uckered skin. 

 The aged ones with wrinkled back and 



skin. 

 Lono has a wrinkled skin ; he is anointed, 



he loathes water, 



I linaaikanialama''' ke kaikamahine, 

 W'ahine maikai a Papa. 

 80. Hoi a iho no e .\kea, hanau Haloa"" ka 

 maka o na 'lii. 

 I hanaii 1 laloa ka hciikc alii, 

 U ke Hi o ka nolioku"' 

 O ka nana hooi iluna mea 

 Po''- ka mnku i Kahiki, i ka newe au, 



85. Ka nenewa--' o ka moku ka i haanalue,"* 

 O na lue"' ka lani, 

 O ke ola"'' hdlo ka nianenc die, 

 Ka liilahila ole e holo kaulua, 

 Ka nehe iki ke kuipehe."" 



90. Ka pepehe o na 'Hi kua"" kahiki, 

 Kahiki kua kaa an."'' i newa ka]5U. 

 Lie poli kajni. 

 He ilina'"' haka kau alii i. 

 Kc Hi ka lani Kauikeaouli i hua lakou. 



93. O lakou,"' oia la ke kini o loko, 



Ke kini"- ili paka, unahi ])aka i ka wai, 

 Ke kini ili ])aka, unahi ])aka eaea." • 

 Ka eaea kua paka, ili ]>aka, 

 () Lono''-' ka ili ])aka, i |ionia, i naoa i 

 ka wai. 



'"A confusion of celebrities occur here, Hoohokukalani, the mother of Haloa, beinj; the one referred to. Hi- 

 naaikamalama was the one who flew up to heaven, given in line 71 as Leiau. 



'"Haloa was born, ka maka, used for parent, progenitor of a race. 



"Ke alii o ka nohohu, the chief lived alone, literally, lived standing:- 



'■Pe, haahaa, low, flat, as foreign land. 



"Nenewe, etc., the current of the island. 



"Ka i haanalua, the place where dwell great multitudes of people, living niiseraldy with ugly personages. 



"°Lue, a place where bad things are assembled; lue ka lani, when tlie sky is overcast with threatening clouds. 



""Ke ola holo, life runs through the limbs; menene, like niaele. tlie sensation of numbness in a limb when the 

 lib Mill has ceased to circulate. 



"'Kuipehc, to move with hesitation and doubt. 



'"'Lii kua kahiki, some distant foreign country. 



"Kaa au, literally, the current rolls or drags along; i newa, to go easily, meaning a foreign country where 

 there is a gentle current in the sea and the kapus are light ; not burdensome. 



"Ilina, a burial place : haka, poles composed of a post or two witli a cross piece where the natives lay up their 

 lish to dry, or suspend their calabascs from dogs, etc. 



"'O lakou, those three; oia la ke kini, the multitude, i. e., the common people; o loko, loko is a conniion epithet 

 for a foreign country. When a person sails for America or England, it is ua holo ia i loko. 



°"Ke kini. the residents, i. e.. of that foreign land have ili paka and unahi paka, wrinkled, puckered skins. 

 "Eaea applies to very aged persons, or to a man filthy from dirty work so as to look aged. 

 "'Lono of wrinkled skin, i ponia for poni ia, is annointed ; naoa, dislike, loathe. 



