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

Note 101 — A Lamentation for Kahahana.12

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I anana ia, who was a fathom long, i.e., Kahahana, a puehu ka loa, and more too; puehu is some indefinite measure, above, a larger one. If one measures a fathom, or a yard, and some is over, they say he anana a puehu, meaning there is some over. ↑

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