Note 156 — A Lamentation for Kahahana.12
Reading edition
Ui, poetical for uhi, covered; ka niau, the coconut leaf. The ancient custom of laying out chiefs was to lay the body in a sort of mat made of coconut leaves instead of a coffin. ↑
Reading edition
Ui, poetical for uhi, covered; ka niau, the coconut leaf. The ancient custom of laying out chiefs was to lay the body in a sort of mat made of coconut leaves instead of a coffin. ↑