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

Note 119 — A Wakea Creation Chant.

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O ka ea ka honu, the sea turtle; makaulii, broad-backed, thick-shelled; mo ka palaoa, mo for moku, ka palaoa, the ivory of dead whales. For Kamehameha is the broad-backed turtle, and the whale ivory. ↑

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