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IB sometimes called Hawaiian mahogany. The leaf is silvery green and 

 crescent-shaped. 



Koae (ko-ae'): Phaeton rubricauda or lepturus (if white); variously called the 

 tropic, frigate or bo'sun bird. A large white bird with two long, slender red 

 feathers in its tail; in one variety the two feathers are white. It makes its 

 nest in the cliffs. 



Koko (ko'-ko) : Network of braided strings used for carrying a calabash. 



Konane (ko-na'-ne): A game resembling checkers or chess but more compli- 

 cated than checkers. It was played with pebbles, or sea-beans, on a marked 

 rock. 



KonohikI (ko-no-hi'-ki) : An overseer of the land under the chiefs— the principal 

 man of a village. 



Koali, also kowali: The convolvulus vine, the morning glory. 



Kuina-kapa (ku-l'-na-ka'-pa), or kuina kapa papa'u: A set of sleeping tapas, 

 generally five beaten or fastened together at one edge, answering the purpose 

 of bed-coverings. They were very warm. When a favored guest came to a 

 house, he was given a new set, and he was expected to take it with him 

 when he left. 



Kukui (ku-ku'-i): The name of a tree, Aleurites moluccana, and also of its nut. 

 The nut, which was very oily, was used to burn for lights or was strung on 

 bamboo for torches. The tree produces a gum. In ancient times the trunks 

 were sometimes made into canoes, but the wood was not very durable; the 

 bark of the root was used in coloring canoes black. The kukui is sometimes 

 called the candlenut tree. 



Kupua (ku'pu-a): The demi-god of a locality, beneficent or evil, as the case 

 might be. A localized spirit, often embodied in a rock or a tree or even in a 

 point of land, to be propitiated by specified offerings. A derived meaning 

 signifies a sorcerer. 



Lama (la'ma) : Mabu sandwicensis, a species of forest tree of very hard wood, 

 used in building houses for the gods. It has a handsome red berry. 



Lauae (lau-a'e): The cabbage fern, which grows only on Kauai and has a de- 

 lightful fragrance. Tapa was beaten with lauae leaves to scent it {maile, 

 mokihana, and sandalwood were also used for this purpose). 



Lauhala (lau-ha'-la) : The pandanus or hala tree; more properly the leaf of the 

 hala tree, which, when dried, is used for weaving mats and for other pur- 

 poses. 



Laulau: Bundles of pork wrapped in ti leaves and cooked in an imu. 



Lehua (le-hu'-a) or ohia lehua: Metrosideros polymorpha, a valuable hard- 

 wood tree, growing on the uplands of all the islands. It bears a beautiful 

 blossom, generally scarlet, but some trees bear orange, yellow, or white 

 flowers. 



Lei (lei): A wreath or garland; an ornamental headdress or necklace. Leis 

 are made of beads, seeds, nuts, feathers, green leaves, flowers, and other 

 materials. 



Leilehua (le'i-le-hu'-a) : A wreath of lehua blossoms. (See lei and lehua.) 



Lei palaoa (le'i-pa-la'o-a) : A necklace, made of many strands of braided human 

 hair, from which depended a carved hooklike ornament of whale or walrus 

 tusk, wood, or human bone, preferably that of an enemy chief. Kuoloa lands 

 of Oahu were always reserved by the king for his own use, because dead 

 whales or walrus were likely to come ashore there. 



