[Footnote 103: _I_. A contracted form of _ti_ or _ki_, the
plant or, as in this case, the leaf of the _ti_, the Dracæna
(pl. V). Liloa, the father Of Umi, used it to cover himself
after his amour with the mother of Umi, having given his malo
in pledge to the woman. Umi may have used this same leaf as a
substitute for the malo while in the wilderness of
Laupahoehoe, hiding away from his brother, King Hakau.]
[Footnote 104: _Oloná_. A strong vegetable fiber sometimes
added to tapa to give it strength. The fibers of olona in
the fabric of the pa-ú are compared to the runnels and
brooklets of _Waihilau_.]
[Footnote 105: _Wai-hilau_. Name applied to the water that
drips in a cave in Puna. It is also the name of a stream in
Wai-pi’o valley, Hawaii.]
[Footnote 106: _Kilo-hana_. The name given the outside,
ornamented, sheet of a set (_kuina_) of five tapas used as
bed-clothing. It was also applied to that part of a pa-ú
which was decorated with figures. The word comes from
_kilohi_, to examine critically, and _hana_, to work, and
therefore means an ornamental work.]
[Footnote 107: _Ohe_. Bamboo. In this case the stamp, made from
bamboo, used to print the tapa.]
[Footnote 108: _Alá_. The hard, dark basalt of which the
Hawaiian _ko’i_, adz, is made; any pebble, or small
water-worn stone, such as would be used to hold in place the
pa-ú while spread out to dry.]
[Footnote 109: _Kane-poha-ka’a_. Kane-the-hail-sender. The
great god Kane was also conceived of as Kane-hekili, the
thunderer; Kane-lulu-honua, the earthquake-sender, etc.]
[Footnote 110: _Wai-manu_ and _Wai-pi’o_ are neighboring
valleys.]
[Footnote 111: _Ko-a’e-kea_. A land in Wai-pi’o valley.]
[Footnote 112: _Mo’ ke kihi_. Mo’ is a contracted form of
_moku_.]
[Footnote 113: _Hoaka._ The name of the moon in its second day,
or of the second day of the Hawaiian month; a crescent.]
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