Note 16 — Chapter XXIII · THE LAME FISHERMAN—HIS EPIC RECITAL CELEBRATING PELE
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Kihele ia ulu. Kihele, to bail out; ulu—the belly of the canoe, its swell amidships, the place where the bilge would settle. The implication is that, if the water is not bailed out, the incrusted salt will form a spot like the staring eye of Niheu. ↑