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HANAU _ke apapa nu'u_: song of cosmology (note) 196
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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_Hanau ke apapa nu'u_ (note) 196 of Hiiaka: How pleased is the girl maimed of hand and foot 212 of Mana-mana-ia-kaluea: Kaúla wreathes her brow with the ocean 213 of the tree-shell: Trill afar, trill a-near 121 of welcome to the _halau_: What love to our cottage homes!
Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877
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