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almost always has the sound of v (vay), as in he-wa (wrong), and 

 m E-w'a (geographical name). In liA-wa-wi (awkward), the 

 comi^ound word ha-wAi (water-pipe), and several others the w takes 

 the way sound. 



The great majority of Hawaiian words are accented on the penult, 

 and in simple words of four or more syllables there is, as a rule, an 

 accent on the fourth and on the sixth syllables, counting back from 

 the final syllable, as in la-na-ki-la (victorious) and as in ho-o-ko-lo- 

 ko-lo (to try at law). 



Aha (a-lia) — a braided cord of sinet; 

 an assembly ; a prayer or religious 

 service (note a, p. 20). 



Ahaaina (d-lia-ai-na) — a feast. 



Ai (ai, as in aisle) — vegetable food; to 

 eat ; an event in a game or contest 

 (p. 93). 



Ai-d-lo (to eat in the presence of) — 

 the persons privileged to eat at an 

 alii's table. 



Aiha'a (ai-ha'a) — a strained, bom- 

 bastic, guttural tone of voice in re- 

 citing a mele, in contrast to the style 

 termed ko'hhonua (pp. 80, 90). 



Ailolo (ai-lo-lo=to eat brains) — a 

 critical, ceremonial sacrifice, the con- 

 ditions of which must be met before 

 a novitiate can be admitted as a 

 practitioner of the hula as well as. of 

 other skilled professions (pp. 15, 

 31, 34). 



Aiiia (ai-na) — the land; a meal (of 

 food). 



Alii (a-li'i) — a chief; a person of 

 rank; a king. 



Aloha (a-lo-ha) — good will; affection; 

 love; a word of salutation. 



Ami (a-mi) — to beud ; a bodily mo- 

 tion used in the hula (note, p. 202). 



Anucmic (a-uu-e-nu-e) — a rainliow; a 

 waterfall in Hilo (p. 61, verse 13). 



Ao (a-o) — dawn; daytime; the world; 

 a cloud (p. 196, verse 7). 



Aumakua (ati-ma-ku-a) — an ancestral 

 god (p. 23). 



Aica (a-va) — bitter; sour; the sopo- 

 rific root of the riper methysticum 

 (p. 130). 



Ekaha (e-kdha) — the nidus fern, by 

 the Hawaiians sometimes called ka 

 hoe a Mawi, Mawi's paddle, from 

 the shape of its leaves (p. 19). 



Eaena (Ha-e-na) — a village on the 

 windward coast of Kauai, the home 

 of Lohiau, for whom Pele conceived 

 a passion in her dreams (p. 186). 



Hala (ha-la) — a sin; a variety of the 

 "screw-pine" (Pandanus odoratissi- 

 mus, Hillebrand). Its drupe was 

 used in decoration, its leaves were 

 braided into mats, hats, bags, etc. 



Halapcpc (ha-la-pe-pe) — a tree used 

 in decorating the kuahu (Draciena 

 aurea, Hillebrand) (p. 24). 



Halau (ha-lau — made of leaves) — a 

 canoe-shed ; a hall consecrated to 

 the hula ; a sort of school of manual 

 arts or the art of combat (p. 14). 



Hale (ha-le) — a house. 



Ha n a i- kiia h u ( ha-na i-ku-a-hu — a Itar- 

 feeder) — the daily renewal of the 

 offerings laid on the kuahu ; the 

 ofiicer who performed this work 

 (p. 29). 



Hanohano (ha-no-hil-no) — having dig- 

 nity and wealth. 



Hail (how) — a tree whose light, tough 

 wood, strong fibrous bark, and muci- 

 laginous flowers have many uses 

 (Hibiscus tiliaceus). 



Haumea (Hau-me-a) — a mythological 

 character, the same as Papa (notec, 

 p. 126). 



Heiau (hei-ata) — a temple. 



Hiiaka (Hi'i-ii-ka) — the youngest sis- 

 ter of Pele (p. 186). 



Hilo (Hi-lo) — to twist as in making 

 string; the first day in the month 

 when the new moon appears; a town 

 and district in Hawaii (pp. 60, 61). 



Holokii (ho-lo-ku) — a loose gown 

 resembling a " Mother Hubbard," 

 much worn by the women of Hawaii. 



