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  • Sparky Rodrigues, Malama Makua president, said: "To connect with our ancestors, 'aumakua [family gods] and akua [gods], we have to be able to walk up to cultural sites, oli [chant] and present ho'okupu [offerings]."

    Native Hawaiian Group Sues Army Over Access To Religious Sites Howard M. Friedman 2008

  • Kaahumanu, abolished tabu, and his subjects cast away their idols, and fell into indifferent scepticism, the high priest Hewahewa being the first to light the iconoclastic torch, having previously given his opinion that there was only one great akua or spirit in lani, the heavens.

    The Hawaiian Archipelago Isabella Lucy 2004

  • A pau ka laua kamailio ana no keia mau olelo, pule aku la o Halaaniani i ko laua akua ma ka inoa o kona kaikuahine e like me ka Malio kauoha mua.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A hala ka mahinaai, ike aku la laua i ka hale o Laieikawai, ua uhiia me no hulu melemele o ka Oo, e like me ka alelo a ke akua i ka Makaula, ma ka hihio iluna o Kauwiki.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A pau keia mau mea, lawe ae la ka Makaula e like me ke kauoha a kona akua, holo aku la ia po a hoonoho i kahi i kauohaia.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no ka hooko ole ia o kana mea e noi nei i kona akua, aneane oia e hoohiki ino aku i kona akua; aka, hoomanawanui no oia.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa, kauoha ae la oia ia Kihanuilulumoku, ka moo nui o Paliuli, ke akua o lakou nei.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Aka hoi, i mea e maopopo lea ai, naue aku la ka Makaula ma kahi kaawale, a pule aku la i kona akua e hooiaio mai i ka olelo a ke kaikamahine.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa, pule aku la oia i kona akua, e hai mai i ke ano o kela anuenue ana e ike nei; aka, aole i loaa i kona akua ka hookoia o kana pule.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Laieikawai hoi ka mea i kapaia o Kawahineokaliula, ua noho oia ma kona ano akua, a ma ona la i kukuli aku ai ka Makaula, a me kona hanauna e like me ka olelo a Moanalihaikawaokele ia ia.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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