Note 123 — A Wakea Creation Chant.
Reading edition
Ka niau, to wrap in the leaves of the niau, kaa, to swathe, to bind up, to go around as a piece of land; kaaniau signifies to bind up as a dead body and carry about a country. Ka lana, this applies to uprightness and excellence of Kamehameha; let him be celebrated along with the short god and the long god. Their gods accompanied the high chief wherever they went. (See Antiquities.) ↑