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

Note 102 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

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Ka koali, a swing such as children play on. Hawaii is a swing, it is like a rope of a pinao. The pinao is a swing; koali, a small rope used to work the swing backwards and forwards, practiced by men and children. Ka koali and ka pinao are possessives, and signify their characters. ↑

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