Note 155 — A Lamentation for Kahahana.12
Reading edition
Hele lolopio ai ka lani; hele is another term for die, as we say he is gone, meaning he is dead. Lolopio is the straightening out of the limbs of a person as soon as dead, or when a person dies calmly and easily so that it is surely known when he is dead. No contraction of face or other muscles is hele lolopio, meaning, went off quietly. ↑