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

Note 2 — Traditional and Genealogical Notes.

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Names of lands and islands known to the ancient Hawaiians, and mentioned in the mele, kaao, pule or moolelo: Kahiki was the general name for all foreign lands outside of Hawaii nei; lands or places said to have been visited by Kaulu, or Ulu, the brother of Nanaulu, children of Kii in the genealogy of Welaahilaninui (although in the mele of Kaulu, in which these places recur, Kaulu calls himself the “Kama a Kalana”2) are as follows: Wawau, Upolu (Upolo), Pukalia-iki, Pukalia-nui, Alala, Pelua, Palana, Holani, Kuina, Ulunui, Uliuli, Melemele, Hii-kua, Hii-alo, Hakalauai-apo, Kukulu-o-Kahiki, Moanawaikaioo (maelstrom); Kapakapakaua and Ulupaupau were places in Kahiki visited by Hema and by Kahai-a-Hema, nephew of Puna-imua; Kahiki-ku and Kahiki-moe were visited by Kila, Moikeha’s son. Thence came Laa, or Laa-mai-kahiki, his brother.

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