]"ocabuIary oj Kapa Terms. 219 



Ouou the sound of the kapa mallet in beating. 



Pahupalapala container for dye or paint for printing kapa. 



Pai to stamp. 



Paihi Meirosideros polymorpha; Ohia ha; the bark of this tree 3'ields a black dye. 



Paina fine, white kapa. 



Paipai kapa beating; to peel off tree bark. 



Paipaikukui a pale yellow kapa made on Molokai. 



Paitlla kapa made by beating rags of red with new white waoke ; a rack for spread- 

 ing pa'us. 



Pake a soft and flexible white kapa. 



Paktl sewing two pieces of kapa together or uniting b}- beating when wet. 



Palaa DavalHa temiijoh'a; a fern iised for d5'eing red; an}^ dark color (Fig. 95, p. 160) . 



Palaholo paste made from the stipites of Amaumau^ Sadleria cyatheoides ( Fig. 96, 

 p. 161). 



Palapala to print on kapa. 



Palapalani to print kapa and put it out to dry. 



Palupalu name of a yellow pa'u. 



Panai to mend kapa or patch holes left in the beating. 



Panainai to lengthen kapa b}' splicing. 



Paniki dj-e for kapa; wai Jwohiiiiihirui. A varnish, perhaps, rather than a dye. 



Panionio or Paninio to dye with gay colors. 



Papalu an apron of kapa. 



Papanoanoa full of holes, as lace kapa (PI. 36, 2 ; PI. 43). 



Pau (ke) a poor kapa; one of no distinct color. 



Pehuakoa kapa colored with koa bark. 



Pelehu a kind of kapa made on Kauai. 



Pepele a kapa made somewhere on Kauai 



Pia the starch or paste from Tacca pinnatifida. 



Piai a name for the kukui nut, Alenrites Moluccana. 



Pilati gum of any tree; especiall}- of the kukui. 



Pinana when the pattern on kapa changes direction abruptl}' ; a favorite trick 

 (PI. 29, 2). 



Pinauea a kind of kapa. 



Pipi the act of sprinkling kapa with water during the beating. 



Poaaha the bark of young waoke; bark of superior quality or fineness of fibre. 



Pohaka a printed kapa. 



Pohoala a single kapa ; a remnant. 



Pokohukohu or Pukohukohu the red dye of the root bark of noni. 



Pola edge or end of kapa; the part of the vialo that hangs over the girdle in front. 



Poniponi kapa painted with various colors. 



Popolo Itimae Phytolacca brachystachys; berries used as dye. 



Poultl a shrub or small tree from whose bark a kind of kapa was made. 



