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  • A lohe laua i keia mea, hoomau aku la laua i ka pii ana, aole i upuupu, lohe aku la laua i ka hu a ka makani, a me ke kamumu o na laau e hina ana ma-o a ma-o, alaila hoomanao laua i ka olelo a ke kia manu, "ina e hu ana ka makani, o ua moo la ia."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ina e paka makani a hookahi anahulu malie, i kui paloo ka hekili, aia wau i Kahakae kaea.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • ULA KALA'E-LOA _i ka lepo a ka makani: mele_ for the

    Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

  • HOLE WAIMEA _i ka ihe a ka makani: mele_ for the _hula ala'a-papa_ 68

    Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

  • Ka huli a ka makani Wai-a-ma'o, [294] 20 Makemake e iki ia ka Hala-mapu-ana,

    Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

  • Hoohuli ae la na mea waa i ka waa i hope a holo i Oahu nei; ia manawa a ka waa e hoi hope nei, hoohuoi iho la ka Makaula i ka pa ana a ka makani ma kona papalina, no ka mea, ua maopopo ia ia kahi a ka makani i pa ai i ka holo ana mai Oahu aku nei manao iho la oia, ma kai mai ka makani e pa nei.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia wa a lakou e ku la me Laieikawai, lulu ka makani, malu ka la, kaikoo ke kai, pualena ka moana, hoi ka waikahe o na kahawai a paa i na kumu wai, aole he puka wai i kai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa, i waiho koke mai ana o Ihuanu i ka puupuu, hu ka makani ma ka papalina o Aiwohikupua, aole nae i ku, no ka mea, ua alo o Aiwohikupua, oia ka mea i hala'i.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ina hoi e hina ana ka ohu i ka makani, alaila, ua hewa o uka, ua hakaka maua me ua moo nei.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Olelo iho la ka Makaula iloko ona, "He mea kupanaha, aole hoi he makani o keia lua wai e kuleana ai la hoi ka aleale ana o ka wai, me he mea he mea e auau ana, a ike ae nei ia'u pee iho nei."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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