Unwritten Literature of Hawaii
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_Ai-a-lo_ (to eat in the presence of)--the persons privileged to eat at
an alii's table.
_Aiha'a_ (ai-ha'a):--a strained, bombastic, guttural tone of voice in
reciting a mele, in contrast to the style termed _ko'i-honua_ (pp. 89,
90).
_Ailolo_ (ai-lo-lo=to eat brains)--a critical, ceremonial sacrifice, the
conditions of which must be met before a novitiate can be admitted as a
practitioner of the hula as well as of other skilled professions (pp.
15, 31, 34).
_Aina_ (ai-na)--the land; a meal (of food).
_Alii_ (a-li'i)--a chief; a person of rank; a king.
_Aloha_ (a-lo-ha)--goodwill; affection; love; a word of salutation.
_Ami_ (a-mi)--to bend; a bodily motion used in the hula (note, p. 202).
_Anuenue_ (a-nu-e-nu-e)--a rainbow; a waterfall in Hilo (p. 61, verse
13).
_Ao_ (a-o)--dawn; daytime; the world; a cloud (p. 196, verse 7).
_Aumakua_ (au-ma-ku-a)--an ancestral god (p. 23).
_Awa_ (a-va)--bitter; sour; the soporific root of the Piper methysticum
(p. 130).
_Ekaha_ (e-kaha)--the nidus fern, by the Hawaiians sometimes called _ka
hoe a Mawi_, Mawi's paddle, from the shape of its leaves (p. 19).
_Haena_ (Ha-e-na)--a village on the windward coast of Kauai, the home of
Lohiau, for whom Pele conceived a passion in her dreams (p. 186).
_Hala_ (ha-la)--a sin; a variety of the "screw-pine" (Pandanus
odoratissimus, Hillebrand). Its drupe was used in decoration, its leaves
were braided into mats, hats, bags, etc.
_Halapepe_ (ha-la-pe-pe)--a tree used in decorating the kuahu (Dracaena
aurea, Hillebrand) (p. 24).
_Halau_ (ha-lau--made of leaves)--a canoe-shed; a hall consecrated to
the hula; a sort of school of manual arts or the art of combat (p. 14).
_Hale_ (ha-le)--a house.
_Hanai-kuahu_ (ha-nai-ku-a-hu--altarfeeder)--the daily renewal of the
offerings laid on the kuahu; the officer who performed this work (p.
29).
_Hanohano_ (ha-no-ha-no)--having dignity and wealth.
_Hau_ (how)--a tree whose light, tough wood, strong fibrous bark, and
mucilaginous flowers have many uses (Hibiscus tiliaceus).
_Haumea_ (Hau-me-a)--a mythological character, the same as Papa (note c,
p. 126).
_Heiau_ (hei-au)--a temple.
_Hiiaka_, (Hi'i-a-ka)--the youngest sister of Pele (p. 186).
_Hilo_ (Hi-lo)--to twist as in making string; the first day in the month
when the new moon appears; a town and district in Hawaii (pp. 60, 61).
_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; sexual dalliance.
_Ipu_ (i-pu)--a general name for the Cucurbitaceae, and the dishes made
from them, as well as dishes of coconut shell, 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-god, 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).
_Kanaloa_ (Ka-na-lo-a)--one of the four major gods, represented as of a
dark complexion, and of a malignant disposition (p. 24).
_Kane_ (Ka-ne)--male; a husband; one of the four major gods, 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 goddess and patron of the hula, sister of the
poison-god, 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 fashion 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 godlike 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-kumu_, (ko-ku-a-ku-mu)--the assistant or deputy who took charge
of the halau in the absence of the _kumu-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 gods 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 gods (p. 15).
_Kuhai-moana_ (Ku-hai-mo-a-na)--a shark-god (pp. 76, 77).
_Ku'i_ (ku'i)--to smite; to beat; the name of a hula (p. 250).
_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.)
_Kumu-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 god
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 shells (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 gods 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 password 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 altitudes; 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 passed 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 assistant 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 goddess of the volcano and of volcanoes generally,
who held court at the crater of Kilauea, on Hawaii; a variety of the
hula (p. 186).
_Pikai_ (pi-kai)--to asperse with seawater mixed, perhaps, with
turmeric, etc., as in ceremonial cleansing (p. 31).
_Poo-puaa_ (po'o-pu-a'a)--Boar's head; the one selected by the pupils in
a school of the hula to be their agent and mouthpiece (p. 29).
_Pua'a_ (pu-a'a)--a pig; the name of a hula (p. 228).
_Puka_ (pu-ka)--a hole, a doorway, to pass through.
_Pule_ (pu-le)--a prayer; an incantation; to pray.
_Pulou_ (pu-lo'u)--to muffle; to cover the head and face (p. 31).
_Puniu_ (pu-ni-u)--a coconut shell; a small drum made from the coconut
shell (p. 141); a derisive epithet for the human headpiece.
_Ti_, or _ki_--a plant (Dracaena terminalis) that has large smooth green
leaves used for wrapping food and in decoration. Its fleshy root becomes
syrupy when cooked (p. 44).
_Uka_ (u-ka)--landward or mountainward.
_Uku-lele_ (u-ku-le-le)--a flea; a sort of guitar introduced by the
Portuguese.
_Uniki_ (u-ni-ki)--the debut or the first public performance of a hula
actor. (Verse 21 of mele on p. 17.)
_Waa_ (wa'a)--a canoe.
_Wahine_ (wa-hi-ne)--a female; a woman; a wife.
_Wai_--water.
_Waialeale_ (Wai-a-le-a-le)--billowy water; the central mountain on the
island of Kauai (p. 106).
INDEX
[NOTE.--All Hawaiian words, as such (except catch words), are
italicized.]
AALA KUPUKUPU: _mele kupe'e_ 49
A EULOGY for the princess: song for the _hula ku'i Molokai_ 209
A HAMAKUA AU: _mele_ for the _hula kaekeeke_ 122
A HILO _au, e_: _mele_ for the _hula pa'i-umauma_ 203
AIA I _Wai-pi'o Paka'alana_: old _mele_ set to music VIII 162
AI-HA'A, a style of recitation 58
AILOLO OFFERING, at graduation from the school of the _halau_ 32
eating of 34
inspection of 33
A KAUAI, _a ke olewa iluna_: _mele_ for the _hula Pele_ 189
A KE KUAHIWI: a _kanaenae_ to Laka 16
A KOA'E-KEA: _mele_ for the _hula ala'a-papa_ 67
A KOOLAU WAU: _mele_ for the _hula ala'a-papa_ 59
A LALO _maua o Waipi'o_: _mele_ for the _hula iliili_ 120
ALAS, alas, maimed are my hands! lament of Mana-mana-ia-kaluea
212
ALAS, I am seized by the shark: song for the _hula mano_ 222
ALAS, there's no stay to the smoke! song for the _hula Pele_ 195
ALOHA _na hale o makou: mele komo_, welcome to the _halau_ 39
ALOHA _wale oe_: song with music IX 164
ALTAR-PRAYER--
at _ailolo_ inspection: Laka sits in her shady grove 34
at _ailolo_ service: O goddess Laka! 34
in prose speech: _E ola ia'u, i ka malihini_ 46
Invoke we now the four thousand 22
Thou art Laka 42
to Kane and Kapo: Now Kane, approach 45
to Laka: Here am I, O Laka from the mountains 20
to Laka: This my wish 43
to Laka: This spoil and rape of the wildwood 19
ALTAR, visible abode of the deity 15
A MACKEREL SKY, time for foul weather: song for the _hula
ala'a-papa_ 70
AMI, not a motion of lewd intent 210
AMUSEMENTS in Hawaii communal 13
ANKLET SONG: Fragrant the grasses 49
AOLE AU E HELE _ka li'u-la o Mana_: _mele_ for the _hula pa-ipu_
79
AOLE E MAO _ka ohu_: _mele_ for the _hula Pele_ 195
AOLE I MANAO IA: _mele_ for the _hula uli-uli_ 108
A PILI, _a pili_: _mele_ for the _hula hoonana_ 244
A PIT LIES (far) to the East: song for the _hula pa-ipu_ 86
A PLOVER at the full of the sea: song for the _hula kolea_ 220
A PUA _ka wiliwili_: a bit of folk-lore (note) 221
A PUNA AU: _mele_ for the _hula pahu_ 104
A SEARCH for a sweetheart: song for the _hula ulili_ 247
ASPERSION in ceremonial purification 15
ASSONANCE by word-repetition 227
A STORM from the sea: song for the _hula pa-ipu_ 78
AT HILO I rendezvoused with the _lehua_: song for the _hula
pa'i-umauma_ 203
ATTITUDE of the Hawaiian toward--
nature 262
song 159
the gods 225
AT WAILUA stands the main house-post: song for the _hula Pele_
192
AUHEA _wale oe, e ka Makani Inu-wai_? _mele_ for the _hula
uli-uli_ 110
AUWE, _auwe, mo' ku'u lima_! lament of Mana-mana-ia-kaluea 212
AUWE, _pau au i ka mano nui, e_! _mele_ for the _hula mano_ 221
A UWEUWE _ke ko'e a ke kae_: _mele oli_ in the game of _kilu_ 240
AWA DEBAUCH of Kane 131
AWILIWILI _i ka hale o ka lauwili, e_: a proverbial saying
(note) 53
AX OF BROADEST EDGE I'm hight: song for the _hula pua'a_ 230
BAMBOO RATTLE, the _puili_ 144
BEDECK now the board for the feast: song-prayer for the
_hula Pele_ 200
BEGOTTEN were the gods of graded rank: song of cosmology
(note) 196
BEHOLD KAUNA, that sprite of windy Ka-u: song for the
_hula Pele_ 193
BIG WITH CHILD is the princess Ku: song for the _hula pa-ipu_ 81
BIT OF FOLK-LORE: _A pua ka wiliwili_ (note) 221
When flowers the _wiliwili_ (note) 221
BLACK CRABS are climbing: song for the _hula mu'umu'u_ 214
BLOOM OF LEHUA on altar piled: prayer to remove tabu at
intermission 127
BLOW, BLOW, thou wind of Hilo! old sea song (note) 65
BURST OF SMOKE from the pit: song for the _hula pa-ipu_ 89
CADENCE IN MUSIC 140
CALABASH HULAS 102
CALL TO THE MAN to come in: song of welcome to the _halau_ 41
CASTANETS 147
CEREMONIAL CLEANSING in the _halau_ 30
CIPHER SPEECH 97
CLOTHING OR COVERING, illustrated by gesture 178
COCONUT DRUM, _puniu_ 141
COME NOW, MANONO: song for the _hula pa'i-umauma_ 204
COME UP to the wildwood, come: song for the _hula ohe_ 136
COMRADE MINE in the robe-stripping gusts of Lalau: song for
the _hula kilu_ 241
CONVENTIONAL GESTURES 180, 182
COSTUME of the _hula_ dancer 49
COURT OF THE ALII the recruiting ground for _hula_ performers 27
CULTS of the _hula_ folk--were there two? 47
DANCE, a premeditated affair in Hawaii 13
DAVID MALO, _hulas_ mentioned by 107
DEATH, represented by gesture 178
DEBUT of a _hula_ performer 35
DEBUT-SONG of a _hula_ performer: _Ka nalu nui, a ku ka nalu
mai Kona_ 35
DECORATIONS of the _kuahu_--the choice limited 19
DISMISSING PRAYER at intermission: Doomed sacrifice I 129
DISPENSATION granted to pupils before graduation from the
_halau_ 33
DIVISIONS of _mele_ recitation in the _hula_ 58
DOOMED SACRIFICE I: dismissing prayer at intermission 129
DRESSING SONG of _hula_ girls: _Ku ka punohu ula_ 55
DRUM--
description of 140
introduced by La'a-mai-Kahiki 141
DRUM HULA, the 103
E ALA, _e Kahiki-ku_: _mele_ for the _hula Pele_ 196
E HEA _i ke kanaka e komo maloko (mele komo)_: welcome to
the _halau_ 41
E HOOPONO _ka hele_: _mele_ apropos of Nihi-aumoe 94
E HOOULU _ana i Kini o ke Akua_: altar-prayer 21
EIA KE KUKO, _ka li'a_: altar-prayer, to Laka 43
EI'AU, _e Laka mai uka_: altar-prayer 20
E IHO _ana oluna_: oracular utterance of Kapihe 99
E KAUKAU _i hale manu, e_: _mele_ for the _hula ki'i_ 99
E LAKA, E! _mele kuahu_ at _aiolo_ service 34
E LE'E KAUKAU: _mele_ for the hula _ki'i_ 98
ELEELE KAUKAU: _mele_ for the _hula ki'i_ 97
ELLIS, REV. WILLIAM--
his description of the "_hura ka-raau_" 116
his remarks about the "_hura araapapa_" 71
ELOCUTION and rhythmic accent in Hawaiian song 158
E MANONO _la, ea_: _mele_ for the _hula pa'i-umauma_ 204
ENGULFED in heaven's abyss: song for the _hula kilu_ 243
E OE MAUNA _i ka ohu_: _mele_ for the _hula Pele_ 194
E OLA IA'U, _i ka malihini_: altar-prayer, in prose speech 46
E PI' I _ka nahele_: _mele_ for the _hula ohe_ 135
E P'I _ka-wai ka nahele_: _mele_ for the _hula niau-kani_ 133
EPITHALAMIUM, _mele_ for the _hula ki'i: O Wanahili ka po loa
ia Manu'a_ 100
E ULU, _e ulu_: altar-prayer to the _Kini Akua_ 46
EWA'S LAGOON is red with dirt: song for the _hula pa-ipu_ 84
E WEWEHI, _ke, ke_! _mele_ for the _hula ki'i_ 94
FABLE, Hawaiian love of 111
FACIAL EXPRESSION 179
FAME TRUMPETS your conquests each day: song for the
_hula ku'i_ 253
FEET AND LEGS in gesture 181
FISH-TREE, _Maka-lei_ (note) 17
FLOWERS acceptable for decoration 19
FLUCTUATING UTTERANCE in song, _i'i_ 158
FOLK-LORE, application of the term 114
FOREIGN INFLUENCE on Hawaiian music 138, 163
FRAGRANT THE GRASSES of high Kane-hoa: anklet song 49
FROM KAHIKI came the woman, Pele: song for the _hula Pele_ 188
FROM MOUNTAIN RETREAT---
song for the _hula ala'a-papa_ 64
with music VII 157
GAME OF KILU 235
GAME OF NA-U (note) 118
GENERAL REVIEW 260
GESTURE--
illustrating an obstacle 177
illustrating movement 178
influenced by convention 180
inviting to come in 179
mimetic 178
representing a plain 178
representing clothing or covering 178
representing death 178
representing union or similarity 178
taught by the _kumu-hula_ 176
with feet and legs 181
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