_Kilauea_ (Ki-lau-é-a)—the great active volcano of Hawaii. _Kini_ (kí-ni)—the number 40,000; a countless number. _Kini Akua_, a host of active, often mischievous, “little” folk in human form that peopled the deep woods. They resembled our elves and brownies, and were esteemed as having godlike powers (p. 21, note; p. 24). _Kilu_ (kí-lu)—a dish made by cutting off obliquely the top of a coconut or small gourd, which was used as a sort of top in the game and dance called _kilu_. (Hula kilu, p. 235.) _Ko_—sugar-cane; performed, accomplished. With the causative prefix _ho’o_, as in _ho’oko_ (ho’o-kó), to accomplish, to carry to success (p. 30). _Ko’i_ (kó’i)—an ax, an adz; originally a stone implement. (See mele beginning _Ko’i maka nui_, p. 228.) _Ko’i honua_ (ko’i ho-nú-a)—a compound of the causative _ko_, _i_, to utter, and _honua_, the earth; to recite or cantillate in a quiet distinct tone, in distinction from the stilted bombastic manner termed ai-ha’a (p. 58). _Kokua-kumu_, (ko-kú-a-kú-mu)—the assistant or deputy who took charge of the halau in the absence of the _kumu-hula_, (p. 29). _Kolea_ (ko-lé-a)—the plover; the name of a hula (p. 219). _Kolohe_ (ko-ló-he)—mischievous; restless; lawless (note d, p. 194). _Kona_, (Kóna)—a southerly wind or storm; a district on the leeward side of many of the islands. _Koolau_ (Ko’o-láu)—leaf-compeller; the windward side of an island; the name of a wind. (_A Koolau wau, ike i ka ua_, verse 1, p. 59.) _Ku_—to stand; to rise up; to fit; a division of land; one of the four major gods who had many functions, such as Ku-pulupulu, Ku-mokuhalii, Ku-kaili-moku, etc. (Mele, _Ku e, nana e!_ p. 223.) _Kuahu_ (ku-á-hu)—an altar; a rustic stand constructed in the halau in honor of the hula gods (p. 15). _Kuhai-moana_ (Ku-hái-mo-á-na)—a shark-god (pp. 76, 77). _Ku’i_ (ku’i)—to smite; to beat; the name of a hula (p. 250). _Kukui_ (ku-kú-i)—a tree (Aleurites moluccana) from the nuts of which were made torches; a torch. (_Mahana lua na kukui a Lanikaula_, p. 130, note c.) _Kumu-hula_ (kú-mu húla)—a teacher and leader of the hula. _Kupee_ (ku-pe’e)—a bracelet; an anklet (Mele Kupe’e, p. 49.) _Kupua_ (ku-pú-a)—a superhuman being; a wonder-worker; a wizard. _Ku-pulupulu_ (Kú-pú-lu-pú-lú)—Ku the hairy; one of the forms of god Ku, propitiated by canoe-makers and hula folk (p. 24). _Laa_ (Lá’a)—consecrated; holy; devoted. _Laa-mai-Kahiki_—A prince who flourished some six or seven centuries ago and voyaged to Kahiki and back. He was an ardent patron of the hula (p. 103). _Lama_ (lá-ma)—a torch; a beautiful tree (Maba sandwicensis, Hillebrand) having fine-grained whitish wood that was much used for sacred purposes (p. 23). _Lanai_ (la-nái)—a shed or veranda; an open part of a house covered only by a roof. _Lanai_ (La-na’i)—the small island lying southwest of Maui. _Lani_ (lá-ni)—the sky; the heaven or the heavens; a prince or king; heaven-born (pp. 81, 82).