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  • "E kali oe ia manawa, ina e lohe oe i ke keu a ka Alae, a me ka leo o ka

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • He umikumamakahi malama, me ke anahulu, me eha la keu, oia ka loihi o ke kaawale ana o Kahalaomapuana mai ka la i haalele ai ia, Laieikawai ma, a hiki i ko laua hoi ana mai mai Kealohilani mai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • He mea kaumaha loa ia Laieikawai no ka make ana o kana kane, nolaila i kanikau ai oia hookahi anahulu me elua mau la keu (umikumamalua la), no ke aloha ia ia.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Hookahi anahulu me elua la keu, haalele ka malie o Hilo, ike maikaiia aku la ka aina.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Here the priest, for the reader must know he had still followed us, introduced us to a friendly Indian, called Ma-chy-keu-etsa, or the Walking Bear.

    Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River 1913

  • It may be noted that Lequeux means exactly the same, and is of identical origin, archaic Fr. le queux, Lat. coquus, while Kew is sometimes for Anglo-Fr. le keu, where keu is the accusative of queux

    The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

  • So þat it keu {er} þe fote coschyñ and chayer {e}, riȝt as y bad; 884

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Page view page image: replied the Che-hien, that I can hardly unravel it myself; but what I know of the matter is this: that young lady is the daughter of a great Man-darine of this city, named Shuey-keu-ye; her beauty hath made such an impression on the son of a minister of state, named Kwo-khé-tzu, that there is nothing he hath not attempted to gain her.

    Hau Kiou Choaan : 1761

  • Shuey keu-yé was surprized at these words: "This youth, said he, is of no ill descent; but pure and untainted as yourself: why then do you talk of any violation that would accrue to the rites of marriage?"

    Hau Kiou Choaan 1761

  • SHUEY-keu-yé when he came home, saw to his great satisfaction his daughter grown up to woman's estate, and highly improved in her beauty and accomplishments.

    Hau Kiou Choaan 1761

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