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  • Olelo mai la o Laieikawai, "He haalulu nui ko'u, a me ka weliweli, a pehea la e pau ai kuu maka'u?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa, hookaawaleia ae la kona huhu mai ona aku, a paniia iho la ka hilahila a me ka maka'u ma ka hakahaka o ka huhu.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • O na manu nui e ku ana ma na aoao o ua ipu la, mai maka'u oe, aole ia he manu maoli, he mau manu laau ia, ua ulanaia i ke i-e a hanaia i ka hulu.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A heaha la oukou i maka'u ai; a nolaila, ke hai aku nei wau ia oukou, ina i hopo oukou no kela malihini, alaila, e huna oukou i ko oukou mau maka i ke aouli, aia a lohe aku oukou ua lanakila o Ihuanu, alaila, hoomanao oukou i kuu puupuu ia Kanikapiha, ka ai a ke kumu i ao oleia ia oukou.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ua 'ōlelo' ia ē 'o ka maka'u wale o ka po'e waiwai o pō'ino auane'i i ka limanui' ia e ka po'e pōwā 'ilihune, lilo ia kalaima he mea ho'opa'i' o'ole'a 'ia.

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  • Ua 'ōlelo' ia ē 'o ka maka'u wale o ka po'e waiwai o pō'ino auane'i i ka limanui' ia e ka po'e pōwā 'ilihune, lilo ia kalaima he mea ho'opa'i' o'ole'a 'ia.

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  • 'O ka' āpuka na'e i lilo iā ia he $50 biliona, 'a'ohe āna' eha e maka'u ai.

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  • i ke Alii e kau mai ana iluna o ka eheu o na manu, no ia ike ana o'u, ua eehia wau me ka maka'u a haule aku la wau ilalo ma ka lepo.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • i ke kahu o ke Alii me ka i aku, "E ae mai oe ia'u e hoi au me ou kaikuaana, ma kahi i loaa ai wau ia oe, no ka mea, ua eehia wau i ka maka'u no ke ano e loa o kau Alii."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • "Mai maka'u oe, aole hoi e weliweli, e hiki mai ana ka pomaikai ia kakou, a e lilo auanei kakou i mea nui nana e ai na moku a puni, aole kekahi mea e ae, a e noho Alii auanei oukou maluna o ka aina, a e holo aku ka poe hana ino mai ia oukou mai ka noho Alii aku.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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