Note 143 — A Lamentation for Kahahana.12

Ke alii puolani, the exalted chief: puo signifies the action of two waves or opposite surfs when they meet the water as its progress is stopped both ways ascending suddenly; hence to raise, to be exalted, renowned; lani, here, as often in other places, a mere expletive of intensity; sea of Peapea and Kamanu, places not now known. ↑