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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 3 (of 3)

Volume 6 / Part 2 — No Kamehameha.

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Lele Hana i pee i ka makani,

Ke ala lau nahelehele no ka waonahele,

Ke hea mai nei Hanalei.

Ke i mai nei i Unulau, e haele maua e ai

I kau lua ia ka pali o Makana—

He makana he moe na’u i ka po nei—

Ua awahia ka uka o Puna i ka awa,

I makana i ka hau anu, 50.

U wai a ke kua a ai hui na inoa,

Anana i ka loa hina i Maunahina. 55.

He hau Kalikua he naele Aipo,

He hau no Elekeninui,

Ulu laau kapakahi aku la.

Ke ala pali o Kaiwikui.

Ka luna i Pueokahei e noho i Kapua nei ea;

I Mahuokona he pali ala i ka naenae,

I ka pali o Kikiopua i Hoomalele,

O Kamaile, aole ia o ke ahi,

Kau-lia i ka pali o Kaauhau

E hoi a’u anei i ke kahea,

I ke kalalau a Makua i Kalalau? 75.

Ua hoa ahi wale na ili.

He ahi hoi ka ka papala ke kuni i ka ili, 80.

Ua moku o ka ili ka hoi ka nui,

Kiki maka i hanu ole. 85.

Owau kea i Kilohana, i ka ohu ke kua,

Ke poo o keia kanaka mai nei a, la,—

E kaulia Kaula, o keaha auanei ko laila? 90.

E lei i na lehua o Luluupali,

Ka hala o Mahamoku i kai, 95.

Nau ka ili o Kinaiahi.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Kolii, the reflection of the sun, the tremulous appearance on looking over a plain when the sun is hot. ↑Note 2 · Koa, a word seldom used in the sense here, but like loa, the very black cloud thundered, halulu. ↑Note 3 · Ku kaha, to stand sideways. ↑Note 4 · He lai, it was calm. ↑Note 5 · Ku opuu, Hilo in its hills and knolls was swelling in the rain. ↑Note 6 · Pali laau, wooded ravines. ↑Note 7 · Opeope, to be folded or bundled up. ↑Note 8 · Kauiki, the hill at entrance of Hana harbor, drawn up to touch the heavens, refers to its local legend. ↑Note 9 · Ua hee, it fled to Hina, a woman of very ancient times, the most popular heroine of Hawaiian story. ↑Note 10 · Moe kanikau, clearly rendered a mourning sleep, doubtless refers to moaning. ↑Note 11 · Mokulaina, while the name of a land in Hana, refers to some personage. ↑Note 12 · Hoai, to clear off after a shower. ↑Note 13 · Poowai, source of a brook or stream. ↑Note 14 · Kualihau, a land near the sea and below the mountains. ↑Note 15 · Li hau, to shiver with cold from snow. ↑Note 16 · Li mauele, to contract as the skin and flesh with the cold. ↑Note 17 · Kukue, to dodge, move one way and the other; kaa, to roll, as a person recovering from a drunken fit. ↑Note 18 · Nipolo, to dream that one is falling in his sleep from a height and breathes hard, in fright. ↑Note 19 · Manawa, some internal part not well understood, the seat of fear and other passions. ↑Note 20 · Kau, a season, in this case summer, the season that drinks up the moisture in the path. ↑Note 21 · Hinale, name of something unknown; kupuhia for kupuia, sprouted; akolea, a species of fern. ↑Note 22 · Lea, name of the goddess of the canoe-makers, a dweller in the forests. ↑Note 23 · Makau wale, afraid without cause. ↑Note 24 · Launa ole, unfriendly, unsocial, the stones lie scattered about. ↑Note 25 · Nunu weuweu; nunu to fold or wrap up for carrying, or as meat or fish for baking; weuweu, leaves of any kind for wrapping up food. ↑Note 26 · I nunu, etc., a repetition to fill out the measure. ↑Note 27 · Hoohaehae, to provoke, to cause to bark as a dog. ↑Note 28 · Milohae, name of a district, or rather an unmeaning part of the line to correspond with the syllable hae in hoohaehae. ↑Note 29 · Milo, name of a tree (Thespesia populnea); hooneinei, nei is to squat on our hands, the branches of the milo bend over and squat down at KikNote 30 · Kupu e kupu la, etc., the e and la are euphonic, or if they have a meaning it is that thus the noni leaf grows here and there, and kupukupu Note 31 · Manoni, as it is sweet, fragrant, so also are the cliffs. ↑Note 32 · Poohiwi, highest parts of the Kalalau cliff. ↑Note 33 · Ona awa, intoxication from awa. ↑Note 34 · Lau lena, yellow or ripened leaf, as with ripe taro. ↑Note 35 · Puawa, a root, or usually a bunch of four roots, of awa. ↑Note 36 · To mama awa was to chew it and throw it back into a dish, in preparation for making the intoxicating drink. ↑Note 37 · Kualena, yellow teeth, a term for old age. ↑Note 38 · Kakiwi awa, etc., the awa grows thriftily, bending over and taking root for new shoots. ↑Note 39 · The kanea of awa is the bitter scum of its liquor. ↑Note 40 · Hiki e, etc., introduced as a sort of chorus. ↑Note 41 · Kaunana palamoa, when the sky overhead is clouded with dense, thick, though not black clouds. ↑Note 42 · Puakau; when a cloud rises up out of the sea like man or beast, it was worshiped as a god, and called “o Lono o Puakau,” the god of Puakau. Note 43 · Ahao, to rob, take the property of another. ↑Note 44 · Una mai, to pry up as with a lever; kolikoli, to whittle, shave off, the action of an axe or adze. ↑Note 45 · Kilohana, a mountain of Kauai. ↑Note 46 · Ke ae, the thin fleecy clouds of the mountain; haale, the tremulous motion of water about to overflow from a filled cup. ↑Note 47 · Poliahu and Waialeale, mountains of Kauai. ↑Note 48 · Kai, beautiful, admiration for the mountains named. ↑Note 49 · Kupilikii, the state of traveling on the mountains in a hard rain, with road slippery and full of bushes. ↑Note 50 · Nahenahe, lahilahi; thin cloth of fine texture, hence good, excellent. ↑Note 51 · Apoapo, to fear or be afraid; aholo, a place in a declivity where some land, rocks, etc., have fallen down. ↑Note 52 · Naenae, lauae and mokihana, odoriferous shrubs. ↑Note 53 · Kakioe, a celebrated witch of ancient times. ↑Note 54 · Kuehu pali, a very steep and perpendicular cliff. ↑Note 55 · Papalas were sticks cut and laid to dry for use as sky rockets; noe, light fleecy clouds; mokauahi, place or house of smoke for seasoning tiNote 56 · Na kulana, the shops where the papalas were prepared and thrown for the flying fire. ↑Note 57 · Lele oni, to fly upwards in a zigzag course, as a kite. ↑Note 58 · Malilina, like malihini, a stranger. ↑Note 59 · Ili kapu, etc., kapu is the skin by consecration, by an oath. ↑Note 60 · Ai noa, the release of kapu, through the pinching firebrand. ↑Note 61 · Nahua for nahuia, bitten (burnt) by the fire of the papala. ↑Note 62 · E ola koa; koa name of a tree, let him live (like) a koa tree, i.e., a long time. ↑Note 63 · Halua signifies the work of the priest in the temple offering sacrifices with prayer. These offices were perpetual. ↑Note 64 · Halialia, strong attachment to a person, the feeling that arises from recalling the features or conduct of an absent friend. ↑Note 65 · Ohaoha, reflection, thought that takes place antecedent to halialia. ↑Note 66 · Leo kinakina, earnest call, for water. ↑Note 67 · Kinana, ascending a precipice in a zigzag manner. ↑Note 68 · Kili, to go sprightly; auau, mama, light. ↑Note 69 · E lei maua, that we may put on the wreath, I and my god. ↑Note 70 · Kekoalaulii, and lau ahinahina, epithets of the god. ↑Note 71 · He poo wai13 no Lanakila,Note 72 · He mauna wai no Kualihau14Note 73 · Li hau15 ka li kua me ka li alo, 15.Note 74 · Li maeele16 i ke anu,Note 75 · Ka makemake e kaa kukue,17Note 76 · E kaa nipolo18 nipolo lea.Note 77 · E ke aho i ka manawa,19Note 78 · E ke kau20 kaa inu wai o ke ala, 20.Note 79 · O hinale21 kupuhia e ka limu akolea.Note 80 · Loaa Lea22 noho i ka mauna,Note 81 · Makau wale23 ka mauna,Note 82 · He launa ole24 a oi pili pohaku o Hanalei, 25.Note 83 · I ka ia, nunu weuweu25 o Kau,Note 84 · I nunu26 weuweu e, i ka weuweu,Note 85 · Hoohaehae27 ana au me Milohae. 30.Note 86 · E hae ana Milohae28 i Miloonohi,Note 87 · O ka milo29 kupu hooneinei o Kikoamoanauli,Note 88 · Kupu e kupu la30 kupukupu lau manoni,Note 89 · Manoni kupu ae he ala,31Note 90 · A ala ka poohiwi32 pali o Kalalau. 35.Note 91 · He ona awa33 no ku’u akua ia,Note 92 · Inu i ka awa lau lena,34Note 93 · I ka awa o Puawa35 ’lii, 40.Note 94 · I ka awa mama36 ka kualena37Note 95 · Kakiwi38 awa i uka o Puna.Note 96 · I apu ai au he awa kanea,39Note 97 · Hiki e40 hiki la, hiki hakalia ae— 45.Note 98 · I ke kaunana palamoa41 ia Lono o Puakau42 e;Note 99 · Ahao43 anei akua wahine?Note 100 · I una44 mai, kolikoli ke kuahiwi,Note 101 · Kau wale ai mauna Kilohana,45Note 102 · Ua kau ke ae46 haale a hu la,Note 103 · E lana nei o Poliahu o Waialeale,47Note 104 · Kai48 Kahelekuakane,Note 105 · Kupilikii49 aku la Wawa,Note 106 · Nahenahe50 ke alo o ka pali o Makana. 60.Note 107 · Apoapo51 ana ka aholo i ka pali,Note 108 · He lauae52 mokihana ihu hanu, 65.Note 109 · Ka hua ’la o Kakioe53 na wahine ako lauaeNote 110 · E lele ana no momoku kuehu54 pali,Note 111 · Eia’e o na papala55 ua noe mokauahi wale, 70.Note 112 · O na kulana56 i ke o ahi lele.Note 113 · Lele ke ahi lele oni57 me he hoku la;Note 114 · Eia ko hoa malilina,58Note 115 · Ona ili59 kapu i hoohiki,Note 116 · Ae noa60 ka ipo ahi papala,Note 117 · I ka nahua61 e ka ipo ahi papala,Note 118 · E ola koa62 i pua nei ka ulu koa i Waiolono,Note 119 · Halua po halua ao,63Note 120 · Halialia64 ana hoi au e Kekaha,Note 121 · O ke ohaoha65 e oha e lana.Note 122 · O ka huewai o kona leo kinakina,66 i wai,Note 123 · O kinana67 anana ke ala,Note 124 · E kili68 anau e hana ana au,Note 125 · E lei maua69 o ku’u akuaNote 126 · O Kekoalaulii,70 lau ahinahina,Note 127 · The surf-spraying1 wind of Waialua
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