Names of the le Kuku. 



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independent forms. The /Vx^z/^ //;/// ^back-bone of an eel, Fig. 37, No. 23; the laiuna^u 

 = pinnate leaf of a fern, and is bardlj^ to be distinguished from lauuiji ^ coconut leaf; 

 the kapuai koloa is supposed to resemble the track of a duck. Fig. 35, No. 12. Hahia 

 leihala was supposed to represent the favorite necklace of the ripe fruits of the Pan- 

 damis, Fig. 38, No. 26. Other less common forms will be found in the supplemen- 

 tary list of Hawaiian names of patterns given below. 





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Vk 



224 



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2846 284 2926 



Fig. 39. Forms of ie kuku. 



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To return to the modifications of the principal patterns : the viole^ when marked 

 by parallel, longitudinal lines (not deep enough to ho. pepe/n^ nor close enough to be 

 hoopat) becomes 7nole haliia, Fig. 36, No. 15; the same name applies if the lines are 

 transverse; if the parallel lines are in two series crossing each other at less than a 

 right angle the pattern becomes fnole fialna maka upena^ or simple 7iiaka upena (meshes 

 of a net) Fig. 38, No. 27. If any of these patterns, or the plain mole^ have on their flat 

 surfaces round holes the term pitpii is added. Fig. 39, No. 33, Fig. 37, No. 22. If the 

 indentations are triangular they become Jttho maiio (shark's teeth), Fig. 36, Nos. 13 

 and 14; if rectangular, then uilio /zV/// ( little teeth), Fig. 38, No. 31. So hoopat 

 crossed by lines at a right angle becomes hoopai hahia ; but when the crossing lines 

 are at other angles it becomes Jioopai pawehe^ or hahia pawehe^ a term conveying some- 



