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  • Mamua o ka holo ana, olelo aku ka wahine ia Aiwohikupua, "Ke holo pu nei kakou, e hookaawale mai ko'u wahi, kaawale aku ko olua wahi, aole o na kanaka, ua akaka ko lakou wahi, mai hoopa mai oukou ia'u, aole hoi au e hoopa ia oukou a hiki wale i Kohala, e noho maluhia loa kakou a pau."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Aka, he mea haohao nae ia i kona mau hoa ka uwe ana, a ua akaka kana kauoha "ua pono ole, laua."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ua akaka mua no nae ia Kahauokapaka ka hanau ia lakou i ka moana; no ka mea, elua hekili o ke kui ana, manao ae la no hoi o Kahauokapaka ua hanau ka wahine; mai ka hanau ana o Laieikawai me Laielohelohe, oia ka hoomaka ana o ka hekili e kani iloko o Ikuwa, pela i olelo ia iloko o keia moolelo.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • There will be akaka (separation) throughout Hawaii along racial lines.

    Hawaii Reporter 2009

  • I mai la kona Kuhina, "He mea kupanaha, a hiki ka hoi kaua i ka hale o ko wahine, ka kaua mea i au mai nei i keia mau kai ewalua, eia ka hoi he koi kau e hoi; e hele no kaua a launa, aia mai ilaila ka nele a me ka loaa; no ka mea, ina no paha ia e hoole mai, hoomano aku no, ua akaka no he waa naha i kooka ko kaua, ko ke kane."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • The old man answered, saying: "Its eyes are like akaka - gachi; it has one body with eight heads and eight tails.

    Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

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