Note 13 — Introductory material (continued 5)
Reading edition
The reference to this ouhuluwai o Laa, a kapa of Laa, shows this to have been the name of that portion of Puna known now as Olaa, from taking the o as being part of the name of the place as the early voyagers introduced Hawaii to the world as Owyhee, from persons saying they were of Hawaii, o Hawaii. ↑