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Kii (ki'i) — to fetch, to go after a 

 tiling ; ah image, a picture, a mario- 

 nette; a variety of the hula (p. 91). 

 Kilauea (Ki-lau-e-a) — the great ac- 

 tive volcano of Hawaii. 

 Kitii (ki-ni) — the number 40,000; a 

 countless number. Kini Akiin, a 

 host of active, often mischievous, 

 little folk in human form that 

 peopled the deep woods. They re- 

 sembled our elves and brownies, and 

 were esteemed as having godlike 

 powers (p. 21, note; p. 24). 

 Kilu (ki-lu) — a dish made by cutting 

 off obliquely the top of a coconut 

 or small gourd, which was used as 

 a sort of top in the game and dance 

 called kilu. (Hula kilu, p. 235.) 

 Ko — sugar-cane ; performed, accom- 

 plished. With the causative prefix 

 ho'o, as in ho'oko (ho'o-ko), to 

 accomplish, to carry to success 

 (p. 30). 

 Ko'i (ko'i) — an ax, an adz; originally 

 a stone implement. (See mele be- 

 ginning Ko'i maka nui, p. 228.) 

 KoH hnnua (ko'i ho-nii-a) — a com- 

 pound of the causative ko, i, to utter, 

 and honua, the earth ; to recite or 

 cantillate in a quiet distinct tone, in 

 distinction from the stilte^ bom- 

 bastic manner termed ai-ha'a (p. 58). 

 Kokua-kumu (ko-ku-a-kii-mu) — the 

 assistant or deputy who took charge 

 of the halau in the absence of the 

 kumu-hula (p. 29). 

 Kolea (ko-le-a) — the plover; the name 



of a hula (p. 219). 

 Kolohe (ko-16-he) — mischievous; rest- 

 less; lawless (note d, p. 194). 

 Kona (K6na) — a southerly wind or 

 storm ; a district on the leeward side 

 of many of the islands. 

 Koolau (Ko'o-lau) — leaf-compeller ; 

 the windward side of an island ; the 

 name of a wind. (A KooJaii wau, 

 ike i ka ua, verse 1, p. 59.) 

 Ku — to stand; to rise up; to fit; a 

 division of land ; one of the four 

 major gods who had many functions, 

 such as Ku-pulupulu, Ku-mokuhalii, 

 Ku-kaili-moku, etc. (Mele, Eu e, 

 nana e! p. 223.) 



Kuahu (ku-a-hu) — an altar; a rustic 

 stand constructed in the halau in 

 honor of the hula gods (p. 15). 



Kuhai-moana ( Ku - hiii - mo - a - na ) — 

 a shark-god (pp. 70, 77). 



EuH (ku'i) — to smite; to beat; the 

 name of a hula (p. 2.50). 



Kukul (ku-ku-i) — a tree (Aleurites 

 moluccana) from the nuts of which 

 were made torches; a torch. 

 (Mahana liia na kukui a Lanikaula, 

 p. 130, note c. 



Kumu-hula (kti-mu hula) — a teacher 

 and leader of the hula. 



Kupce (ku-pe'e) — a bracelet; an 

 anklet (Mele Kupe'e, p. 49.) 



Kvpua (ku-pu-a) — a superhuman be- 

 ing ; a wonder-worker ; a wizard. 



Ku-puVupulu ( Ku-pu-Iu-pu-lu ) — Ku 

 the hairy ; one of the forms of god 

 Ku, propitiated by canoe-makers 

 and hula folk (p. 24). 



Laa (la'a) — consecrated; holy; de- 

 voted. 



Laa-mai-Kahiki — ^A prince who 

 flourished some six or seven cen- 

 turies ago and voyaged to Kahiki 

 and back. He was an ardent patron 

 of the hula (p. 103). 



Lama (la-ma) — a torch; a beautiful 

 tree (Maba sandwicensis, Hille- 

 brand) having fine-grained whitish 

 wood that was much used for sacred 

 purposes (p. 23). 



Lanai (la-nai) — a shed or veranda; 

 an open part of a house covered only 

 by a roof. 



Lanai (La-na'i) — the small island ly- 

 ing southwest of Maui, 



Lani (Id-ni) — the sky; the heaven or 

 the heavens ; a prince or king ; 

 heaven-born (pp. 81, 82). 



Lehua (le-hu-a) — a forest tree (Me- 

 trosideros polymorpha) whose beau- 

 tiful scarlet or salmon-colored 

 flowers were much used in decora- 

 tion (Pule Hoo-noa, p. 126). 



Lei (lei: both vowels ax'e sounded, 

 the i slightly) — a wreath of flowers, 

 of leaves, feathers, beads, or shells 

 (p. 56). 

 Liloa (Li-16-a) — an ancient king of 

 Hawaii, the father of Umi (p. 131). 



