Chant for Kamchamclia. 



471 



Lea was discovered, living on tiie 



monntain. 

 The mountain feared without cause. 

 2S. in friendlessness the stones of Hanalei lie 



not together. 

 Hanalei is calling. 



I'nnlau is inviting nic to dine with him, 

 I Til eat] the leaf-wrapped fish of Kau 

 Wrajiped in the leaves, yes, in the leaves. 

 30. 1 am provoking Milohae : 



Alilohae is barking at Aliloonohi, 

 The low-spreading, thrift}- milo at 



Kikoamoanauli. 

 Thriving, thriving, thriving is the noni 



leaf, 

 Manoni as it grows is fragrant ; 

 35. Its fragrance reaches the shoulder of the 



precipice of Kalalau. 

 The precipice of Makana is two-fold : 

 "Tis a gift : "twas my sleeping place last 



night ; 

 'Tis the drunkenness of the awa for my 



god. 

 Drink the ripened leaved awa, 

 40. The awa bundle of the chief: 



The awa for the aged to masticate. 

 The awa grows thrifty in the uplands 



of Puna. 

 Puna's upper regions are bitter with awa. 

 When I drink it, 'tis awa in bitterness ; 



Loaa Lea-- noho i ka mauna, 

 Makau wale-'' ka mauna, 



25. He launa ole-^ a oi pili pohaku o Hanalei, 

 Ke hea mai nei Hanalei. 

 Ke i mai nei i Unulau, e haele n.aua e ai 

 I ka ia, nunu weuweu-'' o Kau, 

 I nunu-" weuweu e, i ka weuweu, 



30. Hoohaehae-'' ana au me Milohae. 

 E hae ana Milohae-** i Miloonohi, 



ka milo-" kupu hooneinei o 



Kikoamoanauli, 

 Kupu e kupu la'"' knpukupu lau manoni, 

 Manoni kupu ae he ala,'*' 



35. A ala ka poohiwi-'- pali o Kalalau. 



1 kau lua ia ka pali o Makana — 



He makana he moe na'u i ka po nei — 

 He ona awa'" no ku'u akua ia, 

 Inu i ka awa lau lena,"^ 



40. I ka awa o Puawa'''' 'Hi, 



I ka awa mama^*' ka kualena^^ 

 Kakiwi'** awa i uka o Puna. 

 L^a awahia ka uka o Puna i ka awa, 

 I apu ai au he awa kanea,'" 



'"Lea, name of the goddess of the canoe-makers, a dweller in the forests. 



'-'Makau wale, afraid without cause. 



■'Launa ole, unfriendly, unsocial, the stones lie scattered about. 



°'Xunu weuweu; nunu. to fold or wrap up for carrying, or as meat or fish for baking; weuweu, leaves of any 

 kind for wrapping up food. 



■°I nunu, etc., a repetition to fill out the measure. 



"'Hoohaehae, to provoke, to cause to bark as a dog. 



■'Milohae, name of a district, or rather an unmeaning part of the line to correspond with the syllable hac in 

 hoohaehae. 



'"Milo, name of a tree (Thcspcsia popiihica) ; hooneinei, nei is to squat on our hands, the branches of the milo 

 bend over and squat down at Kikoamoanauli. 



°°Kupu e kupu la, etc., the c and la are euphonic, or if they have a meaning it is tliat thus the noni leaf grows 

 lierc and there, and kupukupu grows everywhere. 



"Manoni, as it is sweet, fragrant, so also are tlie cliffs. 



"Poohiwi, highest parts of the Kalalau cliff. 



""Ona awa, intoxication from awa. 



"Lau lena, yellow or ripened leaf, as with ripe taro. 



"Puawa, a root, or usually a bunch of four roots, of awa. 



" To mama awa was to chew it and throw it back into a dish, in preparation for making the intoxicating drink. 



"Kualena, yellow teeth, a term for old age. 



'"Kakiwi awa, etc., the awa grows thriftily, bending over and taking root for new shoots. 



""The kanea of awa is the bitter scum of its liquor. 

 Memoirs B. P. B. Museum. Vol. VI. — 30. 



