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
A pela aku no, a he nui loa na kanaka i pau i keia kanaka hookahi i ka
make no ka haiki o ke alanui a no ka pilikia, a no ka pili i Kauamoa, a
he kanaha ka poe i make. Aka, o Piimaiwaa, ua pii keia maluna o ka
pali, a i nana iho ka hana, hookahi wale no kanaka e pili ana i ka
pali, alaila, i iho o Piimaiwaa: “Make oe ia’u.” O ka lele iho no ko
Piimaiwaa maluna iho o ka pali, a make na Piimaiwaa, lele ana i ka
pali. A make o Nau, aole kanaka nana e olelo aku i na ’lii o Hilo; a i
ka po ana o ka la, ua hiki ke kaua i kai o Hilo; ua makaukau ko Umi
aoao kaua me na lamaku; ua ike no o Umi-a-Liloa i ka hale alii o Hilo a
me ko ke kaikamahine a Kulukulua, ua hoopuniia e na koa o Umi-a-Liloa,
ua lukuia na ’lii o Hilo, a ua hoolaia ke kaikamahine a Kulukulua, a
loaa hou mai ka lei alii palaoa kaulana o Nanikoki. O ke kumu o ke kaua
o ka minamina i ka lei palaoa. A pau iho la ke kaua, ua hui o Hilo me
Hamakua a ua lilo o Umi ke alii.
MOKUNA X.
KO UMI LANAKILA ANA I NA APANA E AI.
O Hua-a ke ’lii o Puna, aka, ua lilo mai no o Puna ia Umi a me kana mau
keiki hookama, o Piimaiwaa, o Omaokamau a me Koi na keiki koa, a mau
alihikaua kaulana a he mau kuhina kaulana no ko Umi-a-Liloa noho aupuni
ana no ke aupuni o Hawaii. A make o Hua-a ia Piimaiwaa ma ke kahua kaua
ma Kuolo i Keaau, ua lilo o Puna ia Umi-a-Liloa.
O Imaikalani ke ’lii o Kau. He alii makapo o Imaikalani, a he alii
kaulana no ka ikaika a me ke akamai i ke kaua, a ua nui na ’lii i pau i
ka make ma ke kaua ia ana e Imaikalani; he hauna hema, a he hauna akau,
a i ka wa e kupahu iho ai o Imaikalani i na pololu ma ka hema a ma ka
akau, ua halulu me he hekili la, a lapalapa aku me he uila, a nakolo
aku me he olai la; a i hahau kakua iho ma ke kua, ua wili koiula ka
lepo i ka lani me he puahiohio la. Ua makau o Umi-a-Liloa ia
Imaikalani. He kanaka makapo o Imaikalani, aohe he ike o kona mau maka,
aka, he lohe hikiwawe ma kona pepeiao, a he mau manu koloa kona mau
hoike nana e hoike mai ia ia i ke kanaka, ma ke alo paha, a ma ke kua
mai paha, a ma na aoao mai paha, aia ma kahi e kani ai ka leo o ka
manu. I ka wa mamua aole he makapo o Imaikalani, aole i lilo o Kau ia
Umi, a ua loihi no ke kaua ana. Nolaila, ua hele o Umi ma ke kuahiwi e
hoohalua ai i ke kaua me Imaikalani a me na ’lii o Kona; a ua lilo o
Umi-a-Liloa i alii kaulana i ka hele ana ma na mauna o Hawaii, a ua
lilo na mauna i alanui hele kaua no Umi. Aka, i ka wa i makapo ai o
Imaikalani, ua kaua mau no o Imaikalani me Umi, aole no i noho pio o
Imaikalani malalo aku o Umi, aka, o Piimaiwaa ua kolohe mau oia i ke
kumu o kona ikaika nui, a me ke akamai i ka pahu ana i ka pololu, aole
e hala kekahi pahu ana, a me ka hauna iho, naha mai ke poo a ka olemu.
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