_Ai-á-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-ló-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_ (aí-na)—the land; a meal (of food). _Alii_ (a-li’i)—a chief; a person of rank; a king. _Aloha_ (a-ló-ha)—goodwill; affection; love; a word of salutation. _Ami_ (á-mi)—to bend; a bodily motion used in the hula (note, p. 202). _Anuenue_ (a-nú-e-nú-e)—a rainbow; a waterfall in Hilo (p. 61, verse 13). _Ao_ (á-o)—dawn; daytime; the world; a cloud (p. 196, verse 7). _Aumakua_ (aú-ma-kú-a)—an ancestral god (p. 23). _Awa_ (á-va)—bitter; sour; the soporific root of the Piper methysticum (p. 130). _Ekaha_ (e-káha)—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-é-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_ (há-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_ (há-la-pé-pe)—a tree used in decorating the kuahu (Dracæna aurea, Hillebrand) (p. 24). _Halau_ (ha-láu—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_ (há-le)—a house. _Hanai-kuahu_ (ha-nái-ku-á-hu—altarfeeder)—the daily renewal of the offerings laid on the kuahu; the officer who performed this work (p. 29). _Hanohano_ (há-no-há-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-mé-a)—a mythological character, the same as Papa (note c, p. 126). _Heiau_ (hei-aú)—a temple. _Hiiaka_, (Hi’i-á-ka)—the youngest sister of Pele (p. 186). _Hilo_ (Hí-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_ (hó-lo-kú)—a loose gown resembling a “Mother Hubbard,” much worn by the women of Hawaii. _Hoonoa_ (ho’o-nó-a)—to remove a tabu; to make ceremonially free (p. 126). _Hooulu_ (ho’o-ú-lu)—to cause to grow; to inspire. (Verse 3, Pule Kuahu, p. 20, and verse 1, Pule Kuahu, p. 21.) _Hoopaa_ (ho’o-pá’a)—the members of a hula company who, as instrumentalists, remained stationary, not moving in the dance (p. 28). _Huikala_ (hú-i-ká-la)—to cleanse ceremonially; to pardon (p. 15). _Hula_, (hú-la), or int. _húlahúla_—to dance, to make sport, to the accompaniment of music and song.