Note 59 — A Lamentation for Kahahana.12

Ua uhane ololi, the chief has become a shrivelled, thin soul, a ghost. Ua hanehane ka leo, etc.—The Hawaiians supposed that near a burying ground, or where there were many dead bodies from a battle or other causes, there, or near there, the uhanes or ghosts met and wailed and talked; hanehane signifies this conference, hence it sometimes signifies low conversation or whispering, meaning the voice of the spirit calls to his companion in sleep, Alapai; ke hea for the present tense, for Alapai was slain with him, he was his aikane, intimate friend. ↑