_Paepae_ (pae-páe)—a prop; a support; the assistant to the _po’o-pua’a_ (p. 29). _Pahu_ (pá-hu)—a box; a drum; a landmark; to thrust, said of a spear (pp. 103, 138). _Pale_ (pá-le)—a division; a canto of a mele; a division of the song service in a hula performance (pp. 58, 89). _Pali_ (pá-li)—a precipice; a mountain wall cut up with steep ravines. (Mele on pp. 51–53, verses 4, 5, 8, 16, 17, 27, 49.) _Papa_ (pá-pa)—a board; the plane of the earth’s surface; a mythological character, the wife of Wakea. _Pa-u_ (pa-ú)—a skirt; a garment worn by women reaching from the waist to about the knees (p. 50). The dress of the hula performer (p. 49), Oli Pa-ú (p. 51). _Pele_ (Pé-le)—the goddess of the volcano and of volcanoes generally, who held court at the crater of Kilauea, on Hawaii; a variety of the hula (p. 186). _Pikai_ (pi-kái)—to asperse with seawater mixed, perhaps, with turmeric, etc., as in ceremonial cleansing (p. 31). _Poo-puaa_ (po’o-pu-a’a)—Boar’s head; the one selected by the pupils in a school of the hula to be their agent and mouthpiece (p. 29). _Pua’a_ (pu-a’a)—a pig; the name of a hula (p. 228). _Puka_ (pú-ka)—a hole, a doorway, to pass through. _Pule_ (pú-le)—a prayer; an incantation; to pray. _Pulou_ (pu-lo’u)—to muffle; to cover the head and face (p. 31). _Puniu_ (pu-ní-u)—a coconut shell; a small drum made from the coconut shell (p. 141); a derisive epithet for the human headpiece. _Ti_, or _ki_—a plant (Dracæna terminalis) that has large smooth green leaves used for wrapping food and in decoration. Its fleshy root becomes syrupy when cooked (p. 44). _Uka_ (ú-ka)—landward or mountainward. _Uku-lele_ (ú-ku-lé-le)—a flea; a sort of guitar introduced by the Portuguese. _Uniki_ (u-ní-ki)—the début or the first public performance of a hula actor. (Verse 21 of mele on p. 17.) _Waa_ (wá’a)—a canoe. _Wahine_ (wa-hí-ne)—a female; a woman; a wife. _Wai_—water. _Waialeale_ (Wai-á-le-á-le)—billowy water; the central mountain on the island of Kauai (p. 106). INDEX [NOTE.—All Hawaiian words, as such (except catch words), are italicized.] AALA KUPUKUPU: _mele kupe’e_ 49 A EULOGY for the princess: song for the _hula ku’i Molokai_ 209 A HAMAKUA AU: _mele_ for the _hula kaekeeke_ 122 A HILO _au, e_: _mele_ for the _hula pa’i-umauma_ 203 AIA I _Wai-pi’o Paka’alana_: old _mele_ set to music VIII 162 AI-HA’A, a style of recitation 58 AILOLO OFFERING, at graduation from the school of the _halau_ 32 eating of 34 inspection of 33 A KAUAI, _a ke olewa iluna_: _mele_ for the _hula Pele_ 189 A KE KUAHIWI: a _kanaenae_ to Laka 16 A KOA’E-KEA: _mele_ for the _hula ala’a-papa_ 67 A KOOLAU WAU: _mele_ for the _hula ala’a-papa_ 59