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During this period the wife of Ku-ula gave birth to a son, whom they called Aiai-a-Ku-ula (Aiai of Ku-ula), The child was properly brought up according to the usage of those days, and when he was old enough to care for himself an unusual event occurred.
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Ender grouped his reserves in two forces that shadowed Aiai at a safe distance; Bean was already off the simulator, though Ender occasionally flipped to Bean's point of view to keep track of where he was.
Ender's Game Card, Orson Scott 1985
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Thrum's story from Moke Manu (p. 230) Aiai is the son of the fish god,
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Her husband, Aiai, persuades her to beg the stolen hook of her father.
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Hawaii, and goes to Waianae, Oahu, where he marries and becomes chief, under the name of Kaehaikiaholeha, because of his famous _aku_-catching hook called Pahuhu (see Aiai).
The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915
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Similarly, if a hero was called Aias, and came to great sorrow, one could see that he was so called from 'Aiai,'"Alas!"
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1911
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Wananalua he was befriended by one of the retainers of Kamohoalii, the King of Hana, and lived there a long time serving under him, during which time he learned the story of how the puhi had been caught and killed by Aiai, the son of Ku-ula and Hinapukuia, whereupon he sought to accomplish their death.
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She herself, as the people would say, was forward to ask Aiai to be her husband; but he listened to her voice, and they went up together to her home and saw the parents and relatives, and forthwith were married.
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From Kaunolu, Aiai went to Kaena Cape, where at a place close to
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Thus Aiai first put in practice the fishing oblations established by his father at the place of his birth, in his youth, but it was accomplished only through the mana kupua of his parents.
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