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  • Mamua iho nei, ua oleloia ua hiki aku o Halaaniani i Keaau, e ike i ka pono o kana wahine (Laieikawai), a ua oleloia no hoi, ua lohe oia he la hookahakaha no Kekalukaluokewa me Laielohelohe.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I ka eha o na la hoomalu o Laieikawai, he mea hoohuoi ia Halaaniani ka nalo ana o Laieikawai, aole i hiki hou ma Keaau.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • On the day when Waka went to Keaau to meet Kekalukaluokewa, as we have seen above,

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no keia olelo a Kahalaomapuana, ku ae la o Hauailiki me ka naau hilahila, a hoi aku la i kai o Keaau, a hai aku la i kona hoa no keia pii ana i Paliuli.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Keaau, aka, ua nui no na la, a me na po o keia hele ana.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A hiki mai la ua moo nui nei, olelo aku la o Kahalaomapuana, "I kiiia aku nei oe e lawe ae oe ia makou i kai o Keaau, e nana makou i ka la hookahakaha o Kekalukaluokewa, aia a hiki i ka auina la a mahope iho oia manawa e kii mai oe a iho aku kakou."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • To reach it the party start at second cockcrow from Keaau (as in the _Laieikawai_) and arrive in the morning.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • The small bird chirps; it shivers in the rain, in Puna, at Keaau, at Iwainalo, and challenge him to "find another _nalo_."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Most of the action of the story takes place on the four largest islands -- on Oahu, where the twins are born; on Maui, the home of Hina, where the prophet builds the temple to his god; on Hawaii, where lies the fabled land of Paliuli and where the surf rolls in at Keaau; and on

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • They descended and came to the coast at Keaau, where the canoe was making ready for sailing.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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