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Pomander Colicctioii of Hincaiiaii Folk-lore. 



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'I'lic living awa nf llic chief, let liini live to 



<.ikl age. 

 'J'he feasting awa uf tlie eiiief till he walks 525. 



with his staff; 

 Tire feasting- awa of the chief till he walks 



in a tremor ; 

 The feasting awa of the chief till he goes 



on four, 

 ^\■hen lie sits doubled up, hound fast, 



unable to speak. 

 Rut the king's aw^a causes men to sit still ; 

 The awa of the kapu Koolei to the time 5.^0. 



when old age seizes the hands, 

 To the sixth generation, to the seventh, 

 To the eighth, to the ninth, 

 [Till the] chief becomes dark water. 

 The chief drank in Kona, at Kahaluu, 

 Of the water of Waiakapo. 535- 



lie destroyed the youngest child of Umi 

 In the calm of Ehukaipo. 

 In the time of the hot sun when it was 



calm, 

 In the bosom of Ahuina there at Kailua 

 He ate to the full, was satisfied with the fat 540. 



of the island. 

 Let the chief eat; 



The chief ate the rich dainties of the land. 

 He ate consuming the property of the 



island ; 

 The remnant was burnt, it was thrown 



into the pit of filth ; 

 Into the vomit of Hawaii. 545- 



Into the chewed matter of the chief 

 throughout the island. 



Ka awa Koolani niakuakahi,''^ 



Ka awakoo Kcjolani niakualua,'''' 



Ka awakoo-'" Koolani makua kolokolo. 



Ka awakoo Koolani makuaha,'" 



O I'uhekeha"" lawalawa i nanui. 



aniau'-' nae ka awa o ke 'Hi: 



Ka awa koolei'"' makualima, 

 Makuaono, makuahiku, 

 JMakuawalu, makuaiwa, 

 Wai eleele ka lani. 

 Inn aku i Kona, i Kahaluu," 



1 ka wai o Waiakapo. *'- 

 ruku'' aku i ka pokii a Unii 

 1 ka malino a Ehukaipo.^* 

 I ka la koko'*'' malie, 

 I ka poli o Ahuena'"' i Kailua • 



la- 



Hoao*' na iho, ana ka momona o ka moku. 

 E ai ka lani ; 



.\i ka lani ke kuilena'"* aina. 

 .\i na^" naulia iho ka opala moku: 

 Tuliia ae ka iwi,""'" hoolei ia ac i ka mana- 

 ku — e — a — 



I ka puaina"'* o Hawaii la — 



I ka moka"'- o kalani honua moku.- 



"Koolani, living to old age, living forever; makuakahi. a time of old age, when the hair is grey and falls off. 



"Makualua, old age, when one walks with a staff. 



'"Awakoo, a kapu concerning awa, a kapu that was laid during the feast ; makua kolokolo, old age, when one 

 walks with tremor in his joints, tremblingly. 



"Makuaha. a time of age when one creeps on hands and knees. 



"Puhekeha, to sit as an old person doubled up with hands folded and leaning on the knees ; lawalawa. hound 

 up as witli a rope or string ; naniu, a failure of the voice from old age, infirmity of the organs of speech. 



'".^mau, the awa of the chief causes men to sit still. 



'"Koolei, name of a kapu laid during an awa drinking course. 



"Kahaluu, name of a place near Kailua, Hawaii. 



"Waiakapo, name of a place the other side of Kailua. 



'"Puku, to destroy, to annihilate (Kamehameha). 



"Ehukaipo, an ancient king of Kona. 



"Koko, hot; la koko, a hot sun. 



'"Ahuena, name of a heiau at Kailua, Hawaii. 



''Hoao, to taste, to eat. to enjoy; na iho, to the full, applied to eating: ana, to he satisfied with eating. 



'"Kuilena, the property, the fruits of a land. 



'"Aina for ai, to eat, to consume; naulia. see iiaii, to chew, / inserted, to cliew as a ruminating anini;il ; opala, 

 the property, the substance of one. 



"Iwi, literally, bones, the remains of eating, the renmanls of property of a subdued people; maiiaku. a deep 

 pit, a receptacle of filth and useless matter. 



"Puaina, to spit, to show contempt by spitting toward or at .-i tiling. 



°"Moka, to chew and spit out, the matter chewed and spit out. 



