Note 14 — Chapter XXIII · THE LAME FISHERMAN—HIS EPIC RECITAL CELEBRATING PELE
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Pepe mua, Pepe waena. This a detail in the development of the figure in which flowing lava is compared to a canoe. The pepe is a chock such as is put under the canoe when it is at rest on land. Mua, waena and muimui mean respectively at the bow, amidships and astern. ↑