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  • Teh iz no foxtrot unicon charley kilu stuff going on k?

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  • Ia Hauailiki e kilu ana me Poliahu, a i ka umi o na hauna kilu a laua.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia laua e kilu ana, komo mai la o Poliahu iloko o ka aha lealea.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa, hele aku la o Hauailiki a i ka mea ume i aku la, "E hele oe a olelo aku ia Aiwohikupua e hoopau ka hula kaeke, i kilu ka lealea i koe, aia a kilu, alaila, kii aku oe a ume mai i ka wahine malihini, o ko'u pili ia o keia po."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia Waka i hiki aku ai ma ko Kekalukaluokewa wahi, olelo aku la, "Ua hiki mai ko wahine, nolaila, e hoomakaukau oe i kanaha la, e kuahaua aku i na mea a pau, e akoakoa mai ma ko olua wahi e hui ai, e hana i papai kilu, malaila e hoohilahila aku ai ia Laieikawai, i ike ai oia i ka ino o kana hana."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • When his new mistress gives a _kilu_ singing match, she is present, and when Halemano, after singing eight chants commemorating their life of love together, goes off with the new enchantress, she tries in vain to win him back by chanting songs which in turn deride the girl and recall herself to her lover.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Poliahu e kilu ana, ia manawa, kani aku la ke oli a ka mea ume, e hookolili ana i ka welau o ka maile i luna o Hauailiki, a kaili mai la ka mea ume i ka maile, alaila, ku mai la o Hauailiki.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa, nene aku la ka aha kanaka a puni ka papai kilu, me ka hoohewa loa ia Aiwohikupua.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Mahope iho nae o ka haiolelo ana a Hinaikamalama, hoomaka hou ke kilu, ia Aiwohikupua laua me Makaweli ke kilu ia manawa.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • As Poliahu and the others stood in their mantles of snow, sparkling in the light, the group of players were in an uproar because of these women, because of the strange garments they wore; at the same time cold penetrated the whole _kilu_ shelter and lasted until morning, when

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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