Note 5 — II.—THE HALAU; THE KUAHU—THEIR DECORATION AND CONSECRATION
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Footnote 5: (return) Maka-li’i (Small eyes). The Pleiades; also the period of six months, including the rainy season, that began some time in October or November and was reckoned from the date when the Pleiades appeared in the East at sunset. Maka-li’i was also the name of a month, by some reckoned as the first month of the year.