Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
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Fornander collection of Hawaiian antiquities and folk-lore, Volume 1 (of 3) : $b The Hawaiians' account of the formation of their islands and origin of their race, with the traditions of their migrations, etc., as gathered from original sources
Folklore -- Hawaii; Hawaii -- Social life and customs; Hawaiian language -- Texts; Legends -- Hawaii
Lawe aku la o Kaoleioku ia Umi, a lilo ae la i alii nana, a noho iho la
me ia. Ia wa, hana o Kaoleioku i mea e lilo ai ke aupuni no kana alii
no Umi, no ka mea, ua maopopo ia ia, he ’lii nui o Umi, a e ku ana i ka
moku o Hawaii, a e loaa ana no hoi ia ia ka pomaikai. Hanai iho la ia i
na kanaka, ka holoholona, mahiai, ao i ka oo ihe; kukulu i mau hale ao
i ke ano kaua, a me na mea a pau loa. A no loko mai o keia ao ana, na
kanaka akamai a koa hoi, oia o Koi, Omaokamau, Piimaiwaa.
Ma keia noho ana he nui loa na kanaka o ka hale hookahi, eha kaau ka
nui (ua like me 160 i ka hale hookahi), pela a pau na kaau hale eha.
Pela o Kaoleioku i hoomakaukau ai no kana alii, no Umi, no ko Kaoleioku
manao e lilo ana ke aupuni no kana alii no Umi.
MOKUNA IV.
NO NUNU A ME KAKOHE.
He mau elemakule kahuna laua na Liloa, i kona wa e ola ana, a he mau
punahele nana, a pela no i ka noho ana o Hakau kana keiki i alii no
Hawaii a puni. Aka, mahope iho o ko Hakau noho alii ana, loaa iho la ua
mau wahi elemakule nei i ka mai, nolaila inu iho la laua i ka laau
naha, a pau ka inoino o ko laua opu, a me ka mai i loohia mai ia laua.
Nolaila, hoouna aku la laua i ke kanaka i o Hakau la. A hiki ua elele
la i mua o Hakau, ninau mai la o Hakau: “Heaha mai nei kau?” I aku
kela: “I hoouna mai nei na wahi elemakule ia’u i mua ou e ke ’lii, e
olelo aku ia oe, i wahi ai, a i wahi ia, i wahi awa no laua, i mea
hoopaa i ka noha laau o laua.” A lohe o Hakau i keia mau olelo a ka
elele, olelo mai la ia: “O hoi a olelo aku ia laua, aohe ai, aohe ia,
aohe awa.” Maanei, e hoomaopopo ai kakou, he punahele keia mau
elemakule, oia o Nunu a me Kakohe i na la e ola ana o Liloa. No ka mea,
ia laua ka malama o ke ’kua o Kaili, a o ka laua mea e olelo ai, oia ka
Liloa e hana ai. Aole e hiki ia Liloa ke kaua, me ka ae ole o ua mau
elemakule nei mamua, aole no hoi e hiki ke hana i kekahi mea me ko laua
lohe ole. Nolaila, he mau punahele laula na Liloa, a ma ia ano laua i
hana aku ai i kana keiki o Hakau.
A hoi mai la ka elele, a mua o ua mau elemakule nei, hai mai la i na
olelo a pau loa a Hakau; a lohe laua, eha iho la ko laua naau me ka
ukiuki loa ia Hakau; nolaila ohumu iho la laua, ma ko laua mau naau, e
haawi i ka aina no Umi. I aku o Nunu ia Kakohe: “E aho e pii wale kaua
e nana i ka pono o ka Kaoleioku hanai, he pono paha, aole paha.” A
hooholo iho la laua i keia olelo, pii aku la laua mai Waipio aku a hiki
ma Kukuihaele, malaila aku a Kapulena moe. A ao ae la, pii aku la laua
a hala o Honokaa, a Paauhau, moe, malaila aku a Kalopa, a Kaumoali, a
Kemau, moe.
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