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

Note 210 — A Lamentation for Kahahana.12

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Kaia na for kalana; ka to dip as in bailing water, the motion of the hand in bailing water or in fanning. The kalana (district or county) is being fanned, e luhe ana, it is lulling by the calms, “luhe” is to hang pendulous like the large branches of trees when no wind. ↑

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