_Lehua_, (le-hú-a)—a forest tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) whose beautiful scarlet or salmon-colored flowers were much used in decoration (Pule Hoo-noa, p. 126). _Lei_ (lei: both vowels are sounded, the _i_ slightly)—a wreath of flowers, of leaves, feathers, beads, or shells (p. 56). _Liloa_ (Li-ló-a)—an ancient king of Hawaii, the father of Umi (p. 131). _Lohiau_ (Ló-hi-áu)—the prince of Haena, with whom Pele became enamored in her dreams (p. 186). _Lolo_ (ló-lo)—the brain (p. 34). _Lono_ (Ló-no)—one of the four major gods of Hawaii (p. 24). _Luau_ (lu-aú)—greens made by cooking young taro leaves; in modern times a term applied to a Hawaiian feast. _Mahele_ (ma-hé-le)—to divide; a division of a mele; a canto; a part of a song-service (p. 58). _Mahiole_ (má-hi-ó-le)—a helmet or war-cap, a style of hair-cutting in imitation of the same (p. 91). _Mahuna_ (ma-hú-na)—a small particle; a fine scale; a variety of delicate kapa; the desquamation of the skin resulting from habitual awa-drinking. _Makalii_ (Má-ka-li’i)—small eyes; small, fine; the Pleiades (p. 216 and note on p. 218). _Malo_ (má-lo)—a loin-cloth worn especially by men. (Verses 3, 4, 5, 6 of mele on p. 36). _Mano_ (ma-nó)—a shark; a variety of hula (p. 221). _Mauna_ (máu-na)—a mountain. A word possibly of Spanish origin. _Mele_ (mé-le)—a poem; a song; to chant; to sing. _Mele inoa_—a name-song; a eulogy (pp. 27, 37). _Mele kahea_ (ka-héa = to call)—a password by which one gained admission to the halau (pp. 38, 41). _Moo_ (mó’o)—a reptile; a dragon; a mythologic monster (p. 260). _Muumuu_ (mu’u-mu’u)—an under garment worn by women; a shift; a chemise; a person maimed of hand or foot; the name of a hula (p. 212). _Naulu_ (náu-lu)—name of the seabreeze at Waimea, Kauai. _Ua naulu_ = a heavy local rain (pp. 110, 112). _Noa_ (nó-a)—ceremonially free; unrestrained by tabu (p. 126). _Noni_ (no-ni)—a dye-plant (Morinda citrifolia) whose fruit was sometimes eaten. _Nuuanu_ (Nu’u-á-nu) a valley back of Honolulu that leads to the “Pali.” _Ohe_ (ó-he)—bamboo; a flute; a variety of the hula (pp. 135, 145). _Ohelo_ (o-hé-lo)—an edible berry that grows at high altitudes; to reach out; to stretch; a variety of the hula (p. 233). _Ohia_ (o-hi’a)—a name in some places applied to the _lehua_ (q. v.), more generally the name of a fruit tree, the “mountain apple” (Eugenia malaccensis). _Olapa_ (o-lá-pa)—those members of a hula company who moved in the dance, as distinguished from the _hoopaa_, q. v., who sat and cantillated or played on some instrument (p. 28). _Oli_ (ó-li)—a song; a lyric; to sing or chant (p. 254). _Olioli_—Joyful. _Olohe_ (o-ló-he)—an expert in the hula; one who has passed the _ailolo_ test and has also had much experience (p. 32). _Oo_ (o-ó)—a spade; an agricultural implement, patterned after the whale spade (p. 85); a blackbird, one of those that furnished the golden-yellow feathers for the _ahuula_, or feather cloak.