alae

• Activities include history and storytelling from kupuna, plus a walk to spot the magnificent Hawaiian moorhen, or 'alae' ula (10 a.m.); a native plant walk (11 a.m.); —  Starbulletin Headlines
• Of these, let three on the right and three on the left be given to the smaller cellae, or to the alae if there are to be alae, and the other four devoted to the middle of the temple. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
• From eighty feet to one hundred feet, the length divided into five parts will produce the right width for the alae. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
• Now, the curly-tailed alae (mud-hens) were the keepers of the fire; and when they saw him coming they scratched the fire out and flew away. —  Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends
• I supposed some man had the fire, and behold, it was not so; the alae are the proprietors of the fire, and our bananas are all stolen When they heard that, they were filled with anger, and decided not to go fishing again, but to wait for the next appearance of the fire. —  Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends

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