fallen is flic Chief. 



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The cord manawaauea. 



The cord even to show a person [not to 



enter] . 

 To sit down also, to sit silently in rows — 

 S05. The knees alike, holdint^- fast the legs. 

 That the service might be proper in tlie 



congregation of the island. 

 Let Kohala people crowd in ; slip along a 



little, 

 Let the valley people move over with 



Waipio's; 

 Let Koolau's people go out separate ; 

 510. Let Hilo be beautiful to those observing, 

 That they may see clearly the breasts of the 



people. 

 Let Hiloone crawl upon the knees; so 



Waiakea, 

 Let Puna stay, the land blown on by the 



wind. 

 Kau sits uprightly, sits quietly, 

 515. Kona sits undisturbed as in a calm. 



Kona is under a kapu respecting awa, they 



are in pleasure together 

 For the chief's sake, for Paiea, for Liloa. 

 Red is the koaekolo, a koae from Nihoa. 

 The singing voice of the pleasure conch is 



heard ; 

 520. The ci>nch proclaiming a kapu is sounded, 

 Tlie kapu of the chief is determined on. 

 The sound rings through Kona, the awa 



is kapu ; 

 The awa kapu by the chief, the kapu of 



the chief. 



Ka aha manawaauea," 



Ka aha hoi i ke kanaka i akaka 



E noho hoi ilalo, e punaue'* ka noho. 



505. K like kuli'" c hoomau ka lenui i paa, 

 1 maikai ka aha-" ke anaina moku. 

 E kuene-^ ae Kohala e oi noho, 

 E nee ka hulaana-- me Waipio, 

 E wai-'' aku Koolau i kaawale. 



310. I maikai Hilo ke nana mai, 



I ike pouo i ka umama o kanaka. 

 E kolo kuli Hiloone,-* Waiakea, 

 R noho Puna, ka aina i ka makani. 

 lloahaaha'-"' Kau oiiahawahi. 



5115. Noho hoahaawa-" Kona i ka pohu, 

 Kapu Kona i ka awa-' he kalea pu 

 No kalani, no Paiea,-** no Liloa, 

 He ula koaekolo he koae-^ mai Nihoa. 

 Hoolono ia "ku ke kani a ka pu lealea : 



520. Kani ka pu hoanoano,"" 

 Ko^* ke kapu o ke 'lii. 

 Kani ku e-'- i Kona ka awa peapea. 

 Ka awa kapulani''-' peapea o ke lii ; 



"Manawaauea, name of another cord. 



"■Punaue. to sit in order, silently in rows as in ancient worship, or at a feast of the chief. 



"E like kuli, the knees all bent alike, the hands held under the thighs, any failure was death to the delin- 

 quent. 



■"Aha, the service, the prayer, the ceremonies, etc. 



-'Kuene, to crowd along, to crowd in, applied to persons sitting in a row, and anollier wishes to push himself 

 in. E oi ka noho, sit along, move a little. 



"Hulaana, name of people living in valleys, ravines, etc. 



'■'Wai, to enter, to pass through as a door. 



''Hilo one, i. e., the people who live on the sandy spots of Hilo. Kolo kuli, to walk or crawl upon the knees, 

 tlie manner of approaching a chief in former times. 



"'Hoahaaha, to sit upright ; onahawalu, to sit quietly, to make no movement. 



'"Hoahaawa, smoothly, as water where there is no wind. 



"Awa, the intoxicating drink. 



"'Paiea, one of the names of Kamehameha. 



"'"Koae, a species of bird ; koae kolo, another species. 



'"Hoanoano, solemn, sacred as a kapu. 



"Ko, to fulfill, to decree, to determine on. 



'"Kani ku e, the sound of a cry or whistle from one to another when in the 

 bidden. 



"Kapulani, prohibited by the cliief; peapea o ke alii, a kapu sign of the chief. 



itains; peapea, a thing for- 



