Na ka poe misionari i haawi mai ia'u i keia hana, o ka hooponopo i keia Buke Heluhelu i mea e pono ai na kula. A, no kuu pilikia i ka hana e ae, haawi hou aku' au ia Mr. Green ma Wailuku nana no i hooponopono. Ua unuhiia noloko mai o ka Olelo Akamai a Solomona, a me ka Mooolelo Holoholona, a me ka Hoikehonua i paiia mamua,a me ka Lama Hawaii, a me ke Kumu Hawaii, a me ka Mooolelo no Hawaii nei. Ua nui na mea i aoia ma keia buke, i mea e maikai ai ka heluhelu ana a i mea hoi e naauao ai, ke hooloheia....

Ao heluhelu; he bukeia e ao ai i na haumana e heluhelu.

Ko Aberahama hele ana i ke kula e aoia i ka heluhelu palapala.— Ke kamailio ana o kona mau makua no ka hookauwa-nika.— Na pilikia o kona makuakane i kona wa opiopio.—Ka waiwai o ke kakaulima.—Kahi a lakou i noho ai.—Ko Linekona ohana. — He makuahine akamai.—He makuakane noonoo pono.— Ehiku ko Aberahama mau makahiki.—O Hegela kona kumu-kula.—Ke kumu mua, a me ka Baibala.—No ka make ana o ko Aberahama kupunakane i na Inikini.—Na pilikia o kana ohana mahope o kona make ana.—Ko Daniela Bune ola mahu-nehune ana mai na lima mai o na Inikini.—No na keikiwahine i haoia e na Inikini.—Paipai laua ia Aberahama e hooikaika ma ka imi buke.—Hiki mai ka koalauna...

Ua ohiia na hua i ka makahiki 1816.—Hiki mai la ka mea kuai.— Ke kumukuai o ka aina.—Ko Colby manao me ka rama e uku aku ai.—Ko laua kamailio ana no ia mea.—No ka lawe anaku a me ka hoolilo ana no ke dala.—Kukakuka iho la o Linekona me kana wahine.—Holo kona manao e lawe no.—Ke kumukuai no ke galani.—Hooholoia ke kuai ana.—No ka inu rama ana. —Ka hoole wai ona ia wa.—No ka hoole wai ona i keia wa.— Manao o Linekona e kapili i kao.—Na Aberahama e kokua mai. — Hookahi mile ke kaawale o ka muliwai o Rolling Fork....

Perhaps the Sandwich Island’s Mission owes an apology to the literary world for having reduced to writing a language of such variety and extent as the Hawaiian, and published so many books on it, without having given any account either of the genius, structure or peculiarities of the language. Many reasons, however, exist why so little has been done in this respect. The want of leisure in any member of the Mission for setting down to labors purely literary, is one reason. The want of proper materials heretofore, for authority, is another. But the reason that has had the greatest influence is, the (act that those who came first on the ground and acquired the language by the ear and by mixing with the natives, soon became independent of helps and needed neither a vocabulary or a grammar of the language: and those who came later, and most needed such helps, felt that they were not well qualified for the task of making them. But however the majority of the Mission may feel with regard to an apology in their behalf, the compiler of the following Vocabulary feels that an explanation is due from him respecting the manner in which the work...

He buke uuku keia, he maikai no nae i kou manao, ke huli mai na kamalii a me kanaka, me ka noonoo, a me ka makemake e lilo i poe naauao. Pela oukou e hana, e ka poe heluhelu. Mai hoomauna i ka manawa ma ka heluhelu wale. E imi ikaika i ke ano. A pau i ka heluhelu, alaila, e hoi hope, a heluhelu hou aku, a heluhelu hou aku, a paa ka naau. Ina pela ka hana, e lilo paha keia buke i mea e pono ai na kula, a me kanaka. A maopopo ka pono o keia huke, malama e kakau hou ia, mahope aku, he buke hou e akaka ai ka Mooolelo o na lahuikanaka e noho ana i keia manawa. Nau na ka mea i hoolilo i keia....

Ua oi aku ka makemake o ke kanaka e huli i kekahi hana ke ikeia ka hope, a me ka uku o ia hana, mamua o kona makemake, ke ike ole ia ia mau mea. No ia mea, ua akakaia, e ao oluolu ia na mea i kakauia iloka o keia buke a me na mea like, ke ikeia ka uku pono i loaa mai ai, mamua o ka oluolu ke ike ole ia. Ua maikai kela mea keia mea e like me kona hoolilo ana ia kakou i poe noho malie, a me ka pomaikai. Oia wale no ka maikai o ka ike a pau loa. Nolaila, he pono e ninau, pehea e hiki ai ko kakou ike i ka Mooolelo ke hoolilo ia kakou pela Pehea e waiwai ai keia ike Pehea e hoolilo ai keia ia kakou i poe noho malie, a i pomaikai hoi Ua ike paha keia ma keia ninau, Heaha ka Mooolelo O ka Moo—olelo, oia ka mea i hoakaka mai i na mea i hanaia e kanaka e like me kakou, o ka poe i ola i na manawa okoa, a me na wahi okoa, e hoopuni ana me na mea like iki, like loa paha, me na mea e hoopuni ana ia kakou. He kumu no ka hana a keia poe i hanai, e like me ke kumu no ka kakou hana ke noho like kakou me ia poe. O ka Moo-olelo ua like ia me he aniani la e hoike mai ana i ka hana a ke kanaka i hanai mamuli o kekahi kumu. Elia kekahi: Ua hoike mai k...

Ke anahonua. Oia ka mea e ike ai. Ke kumu o ke ana aina a me ka holo moku he mea ia e pono ai ke kulanui lahainaluna.

Ka mea e maa’I ke ana ma ka hana. He wahi hoakaka. O ke anahonua ka mea e ike ai i ke ano o na mea i hoopalahalahaia, oia na kaha, a me na ili, a me na paa. Hoike mai no ke anahonua I ke ano o ia mau mea pakahi, a me ko lakou ano, ke huiia....

1. O ke Anahonua ka mea e i ike ai ke ano o na mea i hoopalahaiahaia, oia na kaha, a me na ili, a me na paa. Ekolu mau ano o na mea i hoopalahaiahaia, he loa, he laula, a he manoanoa. 2. O ke kaha ; he loa wale no ko ke kaha; aole laula, aole manoanoa. O na welau o ke kaha he mau kiko ia: nolaila, o ke kiko, aole ona loa, aole laula, aole manoanoa, aka he wahi e ku wale ai no. 3. O ke kaha pololei ka loa pokole mai kekahi kiko a i kekahi kiko. 4. O ke kaha pololei ole, a i hui ole ia na kaha pololei, he kaha poai ia Penei, AE he kaha pololei ia; AIOE he kaha hakiia oia, i huiia na kaha pololei AI, IO, OE; AUE he kahapoai ia. Ina ma keia palapala, ua loaa ka olelo kaha wale no, ua manaoia he kaha pololei....