Unwritten Literature of Hawaii Part 63

_Kukui_ (ku-ku-i)--a tree (Aleurites moluccana) from the nuts of which were made torches; a torch. (_Mahana lua na kukui a Lanikaula_, p. 130, note c.)

_k.u.mu-hula_ (ku-mu hula)--a teacher and leader of the hula.

_Kupee_ (ku-pe'e)--a bracelet; an anklet (Mele Kupe'e, p. 49.)

_Kupua_ (ku-pu-a)--a superhuman being; a wonder-worker; a wizard.

_Ku-pulupulu_ (Ku-pu-lu-pu-lu)--Ku the hairy; one of the forms of G.o.d Ku, propitiated by canoe-makers and hula folk (p. 24).

_Laa_ (La'a)--consecrated; holy; devoted.

_Laa-mai-Kahiki_--A prince who flourished some six or seven centuries ago and voyaged to Kahiki and back. He was an ardent patron of the hula (p. 103).

_Lama_ (la-ma)--a torch; a beautiful tree (Maba sandwicensis, Hillebrand) having fine-grained whitish wood that was much used for sacred purposes (p. 23).

_Lanai_ (la-nai)--a shed or veranda; an open part of a house covered only by a roof.

_Lanai_ (La-na'i)--the small island lying southwest of Maui.

_Lani_ (la-ni)--the sky; the heaven or the heavens; a prince or king; heaven-born (pp. 81, 82).

_Lehua_, (le-hu-a)--a forest tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) whose beautiful scarlet or salmon-colored flowers were much used in decoration (Pule Hoo-noa, p. 126).

_Lei_ (lei: both vowels are sounded, the _i_ slightly)--a wreath of flowers, of leaves, feathers, beads, or sh.e.l.ls (p. 56).

_Liloa_ (Li-lo-a)--an ancient king of Hawaii, the father of Umi (p.

131).

_Lohiau_ (Lo-hi-au)--the prince of Haena, with whom Pele became enamored in her dreams (p. 186).

_Lolo_ (lo-lo)--the brain (p. 34).

_Lono_ (Lo-no)--one of the four major G.o.ds of Hawaii (p. 24).

_Luau_ (lu-au)--greens made by cooking young taro leaves; in modern times a term applied to a Hawaiian feast.

_Mahele_ (ma-he-le)--to divide; a division of a mele; a canto; a part of a song-service (p. 58).

_Mahiole_ (ma-hi-o-le)--a helmet or war-cap, a style of hair-cutting in imitation of the same (p. 91).

_Mahuna_ (ma-hu-na)--a small particle; a fine scale; a variety of delicate kapa; the desquamation of the skin resulting from habitual awa-drinking.

_Makalii_ (Ma-ka-li'i)--small eyes; small, fine; the Pleiades (p. 216 and note on p. 218).

_Malo_ (ma-lo)--a loin-cloth worn especially by men. (Verses 3, 4, 5, 6 of mele on p. 36).

_Mano_ (ma-no)--a shark; a variety of hula (p. 221).

_Mauna_ (mau-na)--a mountain. A word possibly of Spanish origin.

_Mele_ (me-le)--a poem; a song; to chant; to sing.

_Mele inoa_--a name-song; a eulogy (pp. 27, 37).

_Mele kahea_ (ka-hea = to call)--a pa.s.sword by which one gained admission to the halau (pp. 38, 41).

_Moo_ (mo'o)--a reptile; a dragon; a mythologic monster (p. 260).

_Muumuu_ (mu'u-mu'u)--an under garment worn by women; a shift; a chemise; a person maimed of hand or foot; the name of a hula (p. 212).

_Naulu_ (nau-lu)--name of the seabreeze at Waimea, Kauai. _Ua naulu_ = a heavy local rain (pp. 110, 112).

_Noa_ (no-a)--ceremonially free; unrestrained by tabu (p. 126).

_Noni_ (no-ni)--a dye-plant (Morinda citrifolia) whose fruit was sometimes eaten.

_Nuuanu_ (Nu'u-a-nu) a valley back of Honolulu that leads to the "Pali."

_Ohe_ (o-he)--bamboo; a flute; a variety of the hula (pp. 135, 145).

_Ohelo_ (o-he-lo)--an edible berry that grows at high alt.i.tudes; to reach out; to stretch; a variety of the hula (p. 233).

_Ohia_ (o-hi'a)--a name in some places applied to the _lehua_ (q. v.), more generally the name of a fruit tree, the "mountain apple" (Eugenia malaccensis).

_Olapa_ (o-la-pa)--those members of a hula company who moved in the dance, as distinguished from the _hoopaa_, q. v., who sat and cantillated or played on some instrument (p. 28).

_Oli_ (o-li)--a song; a lyric; to sing or chant (p. 254).

_Olioli_--Joyful.

_Olohe_ (o-lo-he)--an expert in the hula; one who has pa.s.sed the _ailolo_ test and has also had much experience (p. 32).

_Oo_ (o-o)--a spade; an agricultural implement, patterned after the whale spade (p. 85); a blackbird, one of those that furnished the golden-yellow feathers for the _ahuula_, or feather cloak.

_Paepae_ (pae-pae)--a prop; a support; the a.s.sistant to the _po'o-pua'a_ (p. 29).

_Pahu_ (pa-hu)--a box; a drum; a landmark; to thrust, said of a spear (pp. 103, 138).

_Pale_ (pa-le)--a division; a canto of a mele; a division of the song service in a hula performance (pp. 58, 89).

_Pali_ (pa-li)--a precipice; a mountain wall cut up with steep ravines.

(Mele on pp. 51-53, verses 4, 5, 8, 16, 17, 27, 49.)

_Papa_ (pa-pa)--a board; the plane of the earth's surface; a mythological character, the wife of Wakea.

_Pa-u_ (pa-u)--a skirt; a garment worn by women reaching from the waist to about the knees (p. 50). The dress of the hula performer (p. 49), Oli Pa-u (p. 51).

_Pele_ (Pe-le)--the G.o.ddess of the volcano and of volcanoes generally, who held court at the crater of Kilauea, on Hawaii; a variety of the hula (p. 186).