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 lohe na kamaaina a pau o Hana, holo aku la lakou i luna o ka puu o
Kauiki e noho ai. I aku o Umi ia Piikea kana wahine, aole make kaua, no
ka mea, ua make o Piilani. O ke kumu o ko Umi hoole i ke kaua me Maui,
no ke aloha i ke keiki mai loko ae o Piilani. Ma ko Umi manao, ua pono
no ke noho ke keiki ma ke aupuni, a o na makua no o Piikea, me
Kihapiilani. Aka, hoole loa o Piikea, o kona manao e kaua a make no ke
keiki, no ka mea, ua noonoo ia ina e ola, o ke kipi no ia. Ia manawa
kena o Umi i kona mau koa kaulana, oia o Omaokamau, Piimaiwaa, Koi, e
hele e kaua ma ka puu kaua o Kauiki.
NO KA PUU O KAUIKI.
He puu kaulana loa ia, no kona lilo ana i Puuhonua kaua e pakele ai na
mea a pau loa. Aia maluna o ia puu, he hulili, he wahi ala haka i
hanaia i mea e make ai ke kaua, ina e pii aku ko lalo nei, hookuu ia
mai maluna i ka pohaku, nolaila, pilikia. A he kii nui kekahi, me he
kanaka ala ke ku mai i ka po, me na ano kaua a pau loa; o ka inoa o ua
kii la, o Kawalakii. O ia kii ka mea nana e keakea na kanaka koa o lalo
nei ke pii aku i ka po.
MOKUNA IV.
NA PUKAUA O UMI. NO OMAOKAMAU.
O omaokamau ke koa o Umi i hoomaka e pii i luna o ka puu o Kauiki, a
hiki ia ma ka hulili, nana aku la ia maluna o ke poo o ke ala, he
pohaku e kau mai ana, ua hana ia ekolu huina. Ina e hookuu ia mai kela
pohaku mai luna mai, alaila, e loaa pono ke kanaka e pii aku ana ma ka
hulili; nolaila, ua makau o Omaokamau, aole ia i pii i luna; ua nui
kona noonoo ana i ke kumu e hiki ai, aole nae he loaa. A mahope noonoo
iho la ia, o ka po ka manawa e pii ai i luna o ka puu o Kauiki. A
poeleele pii aku la o Omaokamau i luna o ka puu. A hiki ia ma ka
hulili, i nana aku kona hana, e ku mai ana keia kanaka nui, ewalu
kapuai kona kiekie, he laau palau ma kona lima. O kona nui a me kona
loihi, ua oi aku ia mamua o ka Omaokamau laau palau. Ua hume i ka malo
a ku ka puali. O ke kowa ma waena o Omaokamau a me ua kanaka ala, elua
haneri me kanaha kapuai ka loa.
Ma keia ike ana o Omaokamau, komo mai ka makau a me ka hopohopo i loko
ona no ka nui a me ka loihi o ka laau palau; e manao ia, ina e hahau ia
ia, alaila, e kau liilii ia i ka laau palau; nolaila, makau o Omaokamau
a hoi i lalo. A hiki o Omaokamau i lalo, ninau mai la ke ’lii o Umi:
“Pehea kau pii ana aku nei i luna?” I aku o Omaokamau: “Pehea mai kau e
ke ’lii. Ua ike aku nei au i kela kanaka, nui launa ole, aole kanaka ma
Hawaii e like me kela kanaka; nui no a nui, loa no a loa, o kana laau
palau loihi launa ole, ina e hahau mai he paki liilii loa ko ke kanaka
i ka make.”
Maanei, e kuka kamailio iki kakou no keia kuhihewa o Omaokamau. He kii
ka mea ana i kuhihewa ai, o Kawalakii. Ua akamai loa ka hana ana a ke
’lii o Maui i keia mea, a ua lilo ua kii la i ka po i kiai no ka puu o
Kauiki, e malu ai i na enemi o lalo ke pii aku i ka po. A ua maluhia ka
puu o Kauiki, i kona mau po e kiai ana me ka ike ole ia he kii; aka, i
ka wa i ike ia ai, ua pio.
NO KOI.
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