Note 321 — XXI.—THE MUSIC AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE HAWAIIANS
Reading edition
Footnote 321: (return) Hoolaau. The last part of this word, laau, taken in connection with the last word of the previous verse, form a capital instance of word repetition. This was an artifice much used in Hawaiian poetry, both as a means of imparting tone-color and for the punning wit it was supposed to exhibit.