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UNWRITTEN LITERATURE OF HAWAII 



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Hoonoa (lio'o-ii6-a)— to remove a 

 tabu ; to make ceremonially free 

 (p. 126). 



Hooulu (ho'o-ti-Iu) — to cause to 

 grow; to inspire. (Verse 3, Pule 

 Kuahu, p. 20, and verse 1, Pule 

 Kuahu, p. 21.) 



Hoopaa (ho'o-pji'a) — the members of 

 a liula company who, as instrumen- 

 talists, remained stationary, uot 

 moving in the dance (p. 28 ) . 



HuikaJa (hu-i-ka-la) — to cleanse 

 ceremonially; to pardon (p. 15). 



Hula (hu-la), or int. Iiulahula — to 

 dance, to make sport, to the accom- 

 paniment of music and song. 



/'a (i"a) — fish; a general term for 

 animal food or whatever relish 

 serves for the time in its place. 



leie (I-e-i-e) — a tall woody climber 

 found in the wild woods, much used 

 iu decoration (Freycinetia arnotti, 

 p. 19). 



Ilamuka (i-la-mt5-ku) — a constable. 



Ilima (i-li-ma) — a woody shrub (Sida 

 fallax, Hillebrand) whose chrome- 

 yellow flowers were much used in 

 making wreaths (p. 56). 



Ilio (i-li-o) — a dog; a variety of hula 

 (p. 223). 



Imu (i-mu), sometimes umu (ti-mu) — 

 a native oven, made by lining a hole 

 in the ground and arching it over 

 with stones ( verse 3, Oli Pan, p. .51) . 



Inoa. (i-u6-a) — a name. (See Mele 

 inoa.) 



Ipo (i-po) — a lover; a sweetheart. 



Ipoipo (I-po-I-po), lioiiK) (ho-i-po), 

 or hoipoipo ( ho-i-po-i-po ) — to make 

 love; to play the lover; sexual dal- 

 liance. 



Ipu (i-pu) — a general name for the 

 Cucurbitaceje, and the dishes made 

 from them, as well as dishes of 

 coconut shell, wood, and stone ; the 

 drum-like musical instrument made 

 from joining two calabashes (p. 

 73). 



Iwa (i-wa, pr. I-va) — the number 

 nine; a large black sea-bird, prob- 

 ably a gull (p. 76). 



Kahiki (Ka-hi-ki) — Tahiti; any for- 

 eign country (p. 17). 



Kaliiko (ka-hi-ko) — ancient; to ar- 

 ray ; to adorn. 



Kahuna (ka - hii - na) — a priest; a 

 skilled craftsman. Every sort of 

 kahuna was at bottom and in some 

 regard a priest, his special depai-t- 

 ment being indicated by a qualifying 

 word, as kahuna anaana, sorcerer, 

 kahuna kalai loa'a, canoe-maker. 



Kai (pr. kye) — the ocean; salty. 

 I-kai, to the ocean; ma-kai, at the 

 ocean. 



Kakaolelo (ka - ka -o - le - lo) — one 

 skilled in language; a rhetorician; 

 a councilor (p. 1)8). 



Kaniapua'u (Ka-ma-pu-a'a) — liter- 

 ally the hog-child ; the mythological 

 swine-god, whose stoi-y is connected 

 with that of Pele (p. 231). 



Kanaka (ka-na-ka) — a man; a com- 

 moner as opposed to the alii. 

 Kanaka (ka-na-ka), men in gen- 

 eral; the human race. (Notice the 

 different accents. ) 



Kanacnac (ka-nae-nae) — a propitia- 

 tory sacrifice ; an intercession ; a 

 part of a prayer (pp. 16, 20). 



Kanaloa (Kii-ua-lo-a) — one of the 

 four major gods, represented as of 

 a dark complexion and of a malig- 

 nant disposition (p. 24). 



Kane (Ka-ne) — male; a husband; 

 one of the four major gods, repre- 

 sented as being a tall blond and of 

 a benevolent disposition (p. 24). 



Kapa (ka-pa) — the paper-cloth of the 

 Polynesians, made from the fibrous 

 bark of many plants by pounding 

 with wooden beaters while kept 

 moist. 



Kapo (Ka-po) — a goddess and patron 

 of the hula, sister of the poison-god, 

 Kalai-pahoa, and said to be mother 

 of Laka (pp. 25, 45). 



Kapu (ka-pu) — a tabu; a religious 

 prohibition (pp. 30, 57). 



Kau (Ka-u) — "the milk;" a district 

 on the island of Hawaii. 



Kawele (ka^we-le) — a manner of can- 

 tillatiug in a distinct and natural 

 tone of voice; about the same as 

 ko'i'honua (p. 58). 



Kihei (ki-hei) — a robe of kapa worn 

 after the fashion of the Roman toga. 



