_I’a_ (i’a)—fish; a general term for animal food or whatever relish
serves for the time in its place.
_Ieie_ (í-e-í-e)—a tall woody climber found in the wild woods, much
used in decoration (Freycinetia arnotti, p. 19).
_Ilamuka_ (í-la-mú-ku)—a constable.
_Ilima_ (i-lí-ma)—a woody shrub (Sida fallax, Hillebrand) whose
chrome-yellow flowers were much used in making wreaths (p. 56).
_Ilio_ (i-lí-o)—a dog; a variety of hula (p. 223).
_Imu_ (í-mu), sometimes _umu_ (ú-mu)—a native oven, made by lining a
hole in the ground and arching it over with stones (verse 3, Oli Paú, p.
51).
_Inoa_ (i-nó-a)—a name. (See Mele inoa.)
_Ipo_ (í-po)—a lover; a sweetheart.
_Ipoipo_ (í-po-í-po), _hoipo_ (ho-í-po), or _hoipoipo_ (ho-í-po-í-po)—to
make love; to play the lover; sexual dalliance.
_Ipu_ (í-pu)—a general name for the Cucurbitaceæ, 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_ (í-wa, pr. í-va)—the number nine; a large black sea-bird,
probably a gull (p. 76).
_Kahiki_ (Ka-hí-ki)—Tahiti; any foreign country (p. 17).
_Kahiko_ (ka-hí-ko)—ancient; to array; to adorn.
_Kahuna_ (ka-hú-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-ká-o-lé-lo)—one skilled in language; a rhetorician; a
councilor (p. 98).
_Kamapua’a_ (Ká-ma-pu-a’a)—literally the hog-child; the mythological
swine-god, whose story is connected with that of Pele (p. 231).
_Kanaka_, (ka-ná-ka)—a man; a commoner as opposed to the alii. _Kanaka_
(ká-na-ka), men in general; the human race. (Notice the different
accents.)
_Kanaenae_ (ká-nae-naé)—a propitiatory sacrifice; an intercession; a
part of a prayer (pp. 16, 20).
_Kanaloa_ (Ká-na-ló-a)—one of the four major gods, represented as of a
dark complexion, and of a malignant disposition (p. 24).
_Kane_ (Ká-ne)—male; a husband; one of the four major gods, represented
as being a tall blond and of a benevolent disposition (p. 24).
_Kapa_ (ká-pa)—the paper-cloth of the Polynesians, made from the
fibrous bark of many plants by pounding with wooden beaters while kept
moist.
_Kapo_ (Ká-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_ (ká-pu).—a tabu; a religious prohibition (pp. 30, 57).
_Kau_ (Ka-ú)—“the milk;” a district on the island of Hawaii.
_Kawele_ (ka-wé-le)—a manner of cantillating in a distinct and natural
tone of voice; about the same as _ko’i-honua_ (p. 58).
_Kihei_ (ki-héi)—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 variety of the hula (p. 91).
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