gaila

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Abi-gaila it was noticed that, while he was the reciter, she took the part of the olapa (see p. 28) and performed the dance; but to this rôle she added that of prompter, repeating to him in advance the words of the next verse, which he then took up.

Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877