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UNWEITTEN LITERATURE OF HAWAII 



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Lohiau (L6-lii-au) — the yriuce of 

 Haena, with whom Pele became 

 enamored iu her dreams (p. 186). 



Lolo (16-10)— the brain (p. 34). 



Lono (Lo-no) — one of the four major 

 gods of Hawaii (p. 24). 



Luau (lu-au) — greens made by cook- 

 ing young taro leaves; in modern 

 times a term applied to a Hawaiian 

 feast. 



Mahcle (ma-he-le) — to divide; a divi- 

 sion of a mele ; a canto ; a part of a 

 song-service (p. 58). 



Mahiole (ma-hi-6-le) — a helmet or 

 war-cap, a style of hair-cutting in 

 imitation of the same (p. 91). 



Mahuna (ma-hu-na) — a small parti- 

 cle; a fine scale; a variety of deli- 

 cate kapa ; the desquamation of the 

 skin resulting from habitual awa- 

 drinking. 



Makalii (Ma-ka-li'i)— small eyes; 

 small, fine; the Pleiades (p. 216 and 

 note on p. 218). 



Bfalo (ma-lo) — a loin-cloth worn es- 

 pecially by men. (Verses 3, 4, 5, 6 

 of mele on p. 36). 



Mano (ma-no) — a shark; a variety of 

 hula (p. 221). 



]\Jau>ia (mau-na) — a mountain. A 

 word possibly of Spanish origin. 



Mele (me-le) — a poem; a song; to 

 chant ; to sing. 



Aide inoa — a name-song; a eulogy 

 (pp. 27, 37). 



Mele Icahea (ka-hea=to call) — a pass- 

 word by which one gained admis- 

 sion to the halau (pp. 38, 41). 



jifoo (mo'o) — a reptile; a dragon; a 

 mythologic monster (p. 260). 



Muumiiu, (mu'u-mu'u) — an under gar- 

 ment worn by women ; a shift ; a 

 chemise; a person maimed of hand 

 or foot; the name of a hula (p. 212). 



'Naiihi, (ujiu-lu) — name of the sea- 

 breeze at Waimea, Kauai. Ua n<i- 

 Hlu=ii heavy local rain (pp. 110, 

 112). 



Noa (no-a) — ceremonially free; unre- 

 strained by tabu (p. 126). 



yoni (no-ni) — a dye-plant (Morinda 

 citrifolia) whose fruit was some- 

 times eaten. 



Nuuaitu (Nu"u-a-nu) a valley back of 

 Honolulu that leads to the " Pali." 



Ohe (6-he) — bamboo; a flute; a vari- 

 ety of the hula (pp. 135, 145). 



Ohelo (o-he-lo) — an edible berry that 

 grows at high altitudes; to reach 

 out ; to stretch ; a variety of the 

 hula (p. 233). 



Ohia (o-hi'a) — a name in some places 

 applied to the lehua (q. v.), more 

 generally the name of a fruit tree, 

 the "mountain apple" (Eugenia 

 malaccensis). 



Olapa (o-la-pa) — those members of a 

 hula company who moved in the 

 dance, as distinguished from the 

 hoopaa, q. v., who sat and cantil- 

 lated or played on some instrument 

 (p. 28). 



OH (6-li) — a song; a lyric; to sing or 

 chant (p. 254). 



Olioli — Joyful. 



Olohe (o-16-he) — an expert iu the 

 hula ; one who has passed the ailolo 

 test and has also had much experi- 

 ence (p. 32). 



Oo (o-o) — a spade; an agricultural 

 implement, patterned after the 

 whale spado (p. 85) : a blackbird, 

 one of those that furnished the 

 golden-yellow feathers for the ahu- 

 ula, or feather cloak. 



Paepae (pae-pae) — a prop; a support; 

 the assistant to the po'o-piia'a (p. 

 29). 



I'ahu (pti-hu) — a box; a drum; a 

 landmark ; to thrust, said of a spear 

 (pp. 103, 138). 



Pale (pa-le) — a division; a canto of 

 a mele; a division of the song serv- 

 ice in a hula performance (pp. .58, 

 89). 



Pali (pa-li) — a precipice; a mountain 

 wall cut up Avith steep ravines. 

 (Mele on pp. 51-53, verses 4, 5, 8, 16, 

 17, 27, 49.) 



Papa (pa-pa) — a board; the plane of 

 the earth's surface; a mythological 

 character, the wife of Wakea. 



Pa-ii (pa-fi) — a skirt; a garment worn 

 by women reaching from the waist 

 to about the knees (p. 50). The 

 dress of the hula performer (p. 49), 

 Oli Pa-u (p. 51). 



