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Examples
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If a little wisdom drifts within him, he knows as well that no kauwa nation can long survive, once the landfolk go on hunt.
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We're working on it, both our species, and we'll bring the idea to the kauwa.
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Hai aku la ke kauwa e like me ka kakou heluhelu ana ma na Mokuna mua.
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Lele koke aku la ka Makaula a hopu i na wawae o ke Alii, a kau iho la iluna o ka a-i, a uwe iho la; a o Aiwohikupua hoi, apo aku la ma na poohiwi o kana kauwa, a uwe helu iho la.
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A pau ka uwe ana, ninau iho la ke Alii i kana kauwa, "Heaha kou mea i hiki mai ai a noho ianei; a pehea ka loihi o kou hele ana."
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Aiwohikupua, o kana Makaula keia, ua mokumokuahua ka manawa o ke Alii i ke aloha i kana kauwa, no ka mea, ua loihi ka manawa o ka nalo ana, aole no hoi i ikeia ka manawa i nalo ai.
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The _kauwa_, servants, must not be confounded with the _kauwa maoli_, actual slaves.
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A high chief, even a wohi, would call himself without dishonor _ke kauwa a ke 'lii nui_, the servant of the king.
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In spite of the many changes infused into Hawaiian institutions, the kauwa families remain branded with a stigma, in the opinion of the natives, and the laws, which accord them the same rights as other citizens, can not reinstate them.
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They point the finger at people of kauwa extraction, lampoon them, and touch the soles of their feet when they speak of them, to mark the lowness of their origin.
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