Note 57 — A Wakea Creation Chant.
Reading edition
Puna make, etc., supposed to be the expression of exultation of Kamehameha people. The reader will notice the repetition of make to so strengthen and intensify the idea of the total overthrow of Puna. In other places the word make applied on a person, army or nation, does not mean absolute death, i.e., the cessation of life, but a helpless state or condition, as the following line will show. ↑