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Kikama white kapa made from waoke. 



Kikeekee a zigzag line in decoration much used by Hawaiians. 



Kikiko spotted or dotted kapa (PI. 41). 



Kiokio variegated kapa. 



Kiolena a place for coloring kapa ; to spread kapa to dry in the sun. 



Kiwaawaa rough kapa. 



Kiwawa waoke partlj' beaten into kapa. 



Kohu coloring matter for printing kapa. 



Kolea Suttonia iyMyrsine) Lessertiana^ a shrub with red and astringent bark, used 

 to AyQ black or red, according to Hillebrand (Fig. 89, p. 148). 



Kopiko Straiissia sp., a tree whose wood is used for making kuas (Fig. 104, p. 177). 



Kopili a small white kapa put on idols; a variety of waoke; see Oloa. 



Kou Cordia subcordata (Fig. 90, p. 151); a valuable tree; wood ornamental and dur- 

 able; leaves used as dye. 



Kowaha a variety of waoke. 



Kua the anvil on which kapa was beaten (Fig. 32, p. ']']^- 



Kuau the mallet for beating kapa; same as lekuku. 



Kuaula red, thick kapa, usually ribbed. 



Kui to beat; also a needle. 



Ktlina {^kui and ana uniting) a set of kapa- viae sewed together at one side, usually 

 five sheets of which the uppermost is decorated and called kilohana ; a seam. 



Kukaa a bundle of kapa. 



Kukai to plant waoke by the sea. 



Kuku the operation of beating kapa. 



Kukui Aleiirites tiioluccana (Fig. 84, p. 139); the candlenut tree, used extensively 

 as a dye. 



Kuloli a variety of waoke found at Palilua, Hawaii. 



Kupalu to beat kapa. 



Kupaoa see kapaoa, a plant used to scent kapa. 



Kupenu to dip kapa into a dye; to smooth out kapa. 



Kuponua second quality of waoke. 



Lalani kapa marked with rows ; striped kapa. 



I^apa the carved bambu strips for printing kapa; same as Ohekapala (Figs. 65, 66). 



I^apalapa the torn end of a piece of kapa. 



I/atlhuki a god of the kapa-makers ; the office of the person (girl) who keeps the 

 kapa wet during the beating. 



I/aulole waoke, literally the cloth tree. 



I/Cna or Olena Curcuma longa^ turmeric ; the tuberculous root used to dye or 

 paint yellow. 



I/Oli to spot kapa; same as kikohu, e nionio. 



I/Ualua soft, flimsy kapa. 



I/UU or Hooluu to dye. 



