Unwritten Literature of Hawaii Part 62

_Holoku_ (ho-lo-ku)--a loose gown resembling a "Mother Hubbard," much worn by the women of Hawaii.

_Hoonoa_ (ho'o-no-a)--to remove a tabu; to make ceremonially free (p.

126).

_Hooulu_ (ho'o-u-lu)--to cause to grow; to inspire. (Verse 3, Pule Kuahu, p. 20, and verse 1, Pule Kuahu, p. 21.)

_Hoopaa_ (ho'o-pa'a)--the members of a hula company who, as instrumentalists, remained stationary, not moving in the dance (p. 28).

_Huikala_ (hu-i-ka-la)--to cleanse ceremonially; to pardon (p. 15).

_Hula_, (hu-la), or int. _hulahula_--to dance, to make sport, to the accompaniment of music and song.

_I'a_ (i'a)--fish; a general term for animal food or whatever relish serves for the time in its place.

_Ieie_ (i-e-i-e)--a tall woody climber found in the wild woods, much used in decoration (Freycinetia arnotti, p. 19).

_Ilamuka_ (i-la-mu-ku)--a constable.

_Ilima_ (i-li-ma)--a woody shrub (Sida fallax, Hillebrand) whose chrome-yellow flowers were much used in making wreaths (p. 56).

_Ilio_ (i-li-o)--a dog; a variety of hula (p. 223).

_Imu_ (i-mu), sometimes _umu_ (u-mu)--a native oven, made by lining a hole in the ground and arching it over with stones (verse 3, Oli Pau, p.

51).

_Inoa_ (i-no-a)--a name. (See Mele inoa.)

Ipo (i-po)--a lover; a sweetheart.

Ipoipo (i-po-i-po), _hoipo_ (ho-i-po)', or _hoipoipo_ (ho-i-po-i-po)--to make love; to play the lover; s.e.xual dalliance.

_Ipu_ (i-pu)--a general name for the Cucurbitaceae, and the dishes made from them, as well as dishes of coconut sh.e.l.l, wood, and stone; the drumlike musical instrument made from joining two calabashes (p. 73).

_Iwa_ (i-wa, pr. i-va)--the number nine; a large black sea-bird, probably a gull (p. 76).

_Kahiki_ (Ka-hi-ki)--Tahiti; any foreign country (p. 17).

_Kahiko_ (ka-hi-ko)--ancient; to array; to adorn.

_Kahuna_ (ka-hu-na)--a priest; a skilled craftsman. Every sort of kahuna was at bottom and in some regard a priest, his special department being indicated by a qualifying word, as _kahuna anaana_, sorcerer, _kahuna kalai wa'a_, canoe-maker.

_Kai_ (pr. kye)--the ocean; salty. _I-kai_, to the ocean; _ma-kai_, at the ocean.

_Kakaolelo_ (ka-ka-o-le-lo)--one skilled in language; a rhetorician; a councilor (p. 98).

_Kamapua'a_ (Ka-ma-pu-a'a)--literally the hog-child; the mythological swine-G.o.d, whose story is connected with that of Pele (p. 231).

_Kanaka_, (ka-na-ka)--a man; a commoner as opposed to the alii. _Kanaka_ (ka-na-ka), men in general; the human race. (Notice the different accents.)

_Kanaenae_ (ka-nae-nae)--a propitiatory sacrifice; an intercession; a part of a prayer (pp. 16, 20).

_Ka.n.a.loa_ (Ka-na-lo-a)--one of the four major G.o.ds, represented as of a dark complexion, and of a malignant disposition (p. 24).

_Kane_ (Ka-ne)--male; a husband; one of the four major G.o.ds, represented as being a tall blond and of a benevolent disposition (p. 24).

_Kapa_ (ka-pa)--the paper-cloth of the Polynesians, made from the fibrous bark of many plants by pounding with wooden beaters while kept moist.

_Kapo_ (Ka-po)--a G.o.ddess and patron of the hula, sister of the poison-G.o.d, Kalai-pahoa, and said to be mother of Laka (pp. 25, 45).

_Kapu_ (ka-pu).---a tabu; a religious prohibition (pp. 30, 57).

_Kau_ (Ka-u)--"the milk;" a district on the island of Hawaii.

_Kawele_ (ka-we-le)--a manner of cantillating in a distinct and natural tone of voice; about the same as _ko'i-honua_ (p. 58).

_Kihei_ (ki-hei)--a robe of kapa worn after the fas.h.i.+on of the Roman toga.

_Kii_ (ki'i)--to fetch, to go after a thing; an image, a picture, a marionette; a Tariety of the hula (p. 91).

_Kilauea_ (Ki-lau-e-a)--the great active volcano of Hawaii.

_Kini_ (ki-ni)--the number 40,000; a countless number. _Kini Akua_, a host of active, often mischievous, "little" folk in human form that peopled the deep woods. They resembled our elves and brownies, and were esteemed as having G.o.dlike powers (p. 21, note; p. 24).

_Kilu_ (ki-lu)--a dish made by cutting off obliquely the top of a coconut or small gourd, which was used as a sort of top in the game and dance called _kilu_. (Hula kilu, p. 235.)

_Ko_--sugar-cane; performed, accomplished. With the causative prefix _ho'o_, as in _ho'oko_ (ho'o-ko), to accomplish, to carry to success (p.

30).

_Ko'i_ (ko'i)--an ax, an adz; originally a stone implement. (See mele beginning _Ko'i maka nui_, p. 228.)

_Ko'i honua_ (ko'i ho-nu-a)--a compound of the causative _ko_, _i_, to utter, and _honua_, the earth; to recite or cantillate in a quiet distinct tone, in distinction from the stilted bombastic manner termed ai-ha'a (p. 58).

_Kokua-k.u.mu_, (ko-ku-a-ku-mu)--the a.s.sistant or deputy who took charge of the halau in the absence of the _k.u.mu-hula_, (p. 29).

_Kolea_ (ko-le-a)--the plover; the name of a hula (p. 219).

_Kolohe_ (ko-lo-he)--mischievous; restless; lawless (note d, p. 194).

_Kona_, (Kona)--a southerly wind or storm; a district on the leeward side of many of the islands.

_Koolau_ (Ko'o-lau)--leaf-compeller; the windward side of an island; the name of a wind. (_A Koolau wau, ike i ka ua_, verse 1, p. 59.)

_Ku_--to stand; to rise up; to fit; a division of land; one of the four major G.o.ds who had many functions, such as Ku-pulupulu, Ku-mokuhalii, Ku-kaili-moku, etc. (Mele, _Ku e, nana e!_ p. 223.)

_Kuahu_ (ku-a-hu)--an altar; a rustic stand constructed in the halau in honor of the hula G.o.ds (p. 15).

_Kuhai-moana_ (Ku-hai-mo-a-na)--a shark-G.o.d (pp. 76, 77).

_Ku'i_ (ku'i)--to smite; to beat; the name of a hula (p. 250).