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O keia moolelo o Aukelenuia iku, o ia kekahi o na moolelo kaulana loa ma Hawaii nei. O Kuaihelani ka aina. O Iku ke kane, he alii. O Kapapaiakea ka wahine. Na laua na keiki he umikumamalua. E hoomaka ana ka olelo ma Kuaihelani. Eia na inoa o na keiki: Kekamakahinuiaiku, Kuaiku, Nohoaiku, Heleaiku, Kapukapuaiku, Heaa iku, Lonoheaiku, Naaiku, Noiaiku, Ikumailani me Aukelenuiaiku. He mau kane, a me Kaomeaaiku, he wahine. O Aukelenuiaiku ka mea nona keia moolelo. Mai ka hiapo a ka mua ponoi o Aukelenuiaiku, aole o Iku i hii, aole i lawelawe, aole hoi i hooili i ka aina no kekahi o lakou. Aole no hoi i hoopunahele. A ia Aukelenuiaiku, malama o Iku, lawelawe a hii, a hooili i kona kapu a me ka aina nona. A no keia punahele o Aukelenuiaiku i ko lakou makuakane, ua huhu kona mau hoahanau ia ia, a ua imi lakou i mea nona e make ai. Wahi a ko lakou kaikiaana loa, a Kamakahinuiaiku, “Kupanaha ko kakou makuakane! Iau hoi, i ke keiki mua, aole i hooili mai i kona kapu a me ka aina. A i ke keiki hope loa, ia ia ka e hooili ai!” O ka hana nui a na kaikuaana o Aukelenuiaiku, o ka mokomoko, o ka hakoko, ke kuikui, a me na mea ikaika e ae. A ma ke...

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Ma anei e ike ai kakou i ka poino o Aukelenuiaiku a me kona pakele ana i ka make a kona kaikuaana huhu, aloha ole. A haule o Aukelenuiaiku i loko o ka lua, kahea iho ua kaikuaana huhu la, penei: “E Kamooinanea e, eia mai ko ai la, ai ia mai.” la ia e kahea ana, holo maila kekahi kaikuaana o Aukelenuiaiku (he kaikuaana aloha ia ia), kahea ihola ma ka waha o ka lua, “E Kamooinanea e, mai ai mai oe! O ko moopuna mai no, o Aukelenuiaiku e lele akula.” Ma keia haule ana o Aukelenuiaiku, ua olioli loa kona poe kaikuaana huhu ia ia no ka make ana. E manao ana lakou ua make To no o Aukelenuiaiku. Ma keia haule ana o Aukelenuiaiku, manao lakou, ua lilo kona kapu i mea ole, a ua nele ka olelo hooilina a ko lakou makuakane ma luna ona, a ua lilo i mea ole loa. A haule o Aukelenuiaiku i lalo o ka lua, aia hoi, elua kanaka e noho ana. Ma mua o ko Aukelenuiaiku haule ana, ko laua haule ana i lalo o ka lua. Na ua poe kaikuaana la no o Aukelenuiaiku i kiola. Ike maila ua mau kanaka ala ia Aukelenuiaiku, minamina ihola laua, no ka maikai o na helehelena o Aukelenuiaiku ke nana aku, no ka maikai a me ke kina ole o kona ano i mua o laua. Ia laua e ka...

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Aukele me Kona mau Kaikuaana Lokoino. 1 -- Ka Haule ana o AukelenuiaIiku i Loko o ka Lua o KamooInanea, a me ka Loaa ana o ka Pono ia ia ma Laila. 6 -- No ka Hoi ana o Aukelenuia Iku, a me ka Pomaikai i Loaa ia ia ma Keia Hele ana i Loko o ka Make. 11 -- Ka Holo ana o Aukelenuia Iku me Kona Poe Kaikuaana ma luna o ka Waa Kaulua e Imi i Aina ma ko Lakou Ikaika. 12 -- Ke Kaua ana o na Kaikuaana o Aukelenuia iku me Naamakaokahai: Ko Lakou Make ana. 18 -- Ko Aukelenuia iku Noho ana i Loko o ka Popilikia a me ka Pomaikai ana. 21 -- Ka Lilo ana o Aukelenuia iku i Kane na Namakaokahai. 26 -- Ka Lilo ana o Aukelenuia iku ia Halulu i ka Pali. 28 -- Ka Hoike ia ana o na Waiwai a Aukelenuia iku me ka Namakaokahai. 31 -- No ka Haawi Malu ana o na Kaikoeke o Aukelenuia iku ia ia i ke Kino Lele. 34 -- Ka Hooili ana o Namakaokahai i na mea a pau ma Luna o Aukelenuia iku , kana Kane; ke Kaua ana o Kuwahailo me Aukelenuia iku i ka Lani. 37 -- No Kaumaiilunaoholaniku. 41 -- No ka Imi ana o Aukelenuia iku i ka wai Ola Loa a Kane. 44 -- No ka Hoola anao Aukelenuia iku i ke Keiki a me na Kaikuaana. 54 -- Ka Hakaka ana o Namakaokahai me na Kaikaina, o ia...

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...In this second series of the Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folk-lore, with the exception of a few transpositions, as mentioned in the preceding volume, the order of the author has been observed in the main by grouping together, first, the more importa...

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Maihuna was the father and Malaiakalani was the mother of Kawelo, who was born in Hanamaulu,1 Kauai. There were five children in the family. The first was Kawelomahamahaia; the second was Kaweloleikoo. These two were males; after these two came Kaenakuokalani, a female; next to her was Kawelo leimakua and the last child was Kamalama. Kaweloleimakua, or Kawelo is the subject of this story....

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His Birth and Early Life—Change to Oahu and Fame Attained There -- 2 -- Size of Kauahoa—Is Killed by Kawelo—Kawelo Vanquishes Aikanaka -- 56 -- Kalonaikahailaau—Kawelo Equips Himself to Fight Aikanaka—Arrival at Kauai -- 20 -- Division of Kauai Lands—Aikanaka Becomes a Tiller of Ground -- 60 -- Commencement of Battle Between Kawelo and the People of Kauai -- 38 -- Kaeleha and Aikanaka Rebel Against Kawelo—Their Battle and Supposed Death of Kawelo -- 62 -- Kaehuikiawakea —Kaihupepenuiamouo and Muno— Walaheeikio and Moomooikio -- 42 -- Temple of Aikanaka—How Kawelo Came to Life Again—He Slaughters His Opponents and Becomes Again Ruler of kauai -- 66 -- Kahakaloa—His Dead by Kawelo -- 48 -- Kauahoa—Kawelo Fears to Attack Him—Seeks to Win Him by a Chant—Kauahoa Replies -- 52 -- His High Office—Laamaomao, His Wind Gourd In Disfavor with the King He Moves to Molokai—Has a Son Whom He Instructs Carefully—Dreams of Keawenuiaumi Setting Out in Search for Him—Prepares with His Son to Meet the King -- 72 -- Prepares to Meet Keawenuiaumi in Search of Pakaa—Canoe Fleet of Six District Chiefs, Recognized, are Taunted as They Pass— Keawenuiaumi, G...

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Ma keia mele i hakuia e Kahakuikamoana, ua maopopo ka mookuauhau o ka loaa ana o keia mau aina. A mehe mea la no loko mai o Tahiti ka hoomaka ana e loaa na kanaka ma keia mau mokupuni, aka, aole i maopopo ma keia mau lalani...

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According to this tradition Hawaii just rose up from the ocean, together with the group of islands of Tahiti, and it would seem the Tahitian Islands were the first group in this Pacific Ocean, and Hawaii was of a later appearance, as shown by the lines in the mele composed by Kahakuikamoana running thus: “Now cometh forth Hawaiinuiakea, Appeareth out of darkness.An island, a land is born, The row of islands from Nuumea;The group of islands at the borders of Tahiti.”...

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Prefatory Remarks -- 2 -- Story of Opuukahonua -- 20 -- Birth of the Islands -- 6 -- Genealogy of Opuukanonua -- 24 -- About Wakea -- 12 -- First Sight of Foreigners -- 28 -- Genealogy of the Islands of Hawaii -- 16 -- -- Aukelenuiaiku and His Unkind Brethren -- 32 -- How Aukele and Namakaokahai Showed Their Useful Things -- 68 -- How Aukele Fell into the Pit of Kamooinanen and Profiled Thereby -- 38 -- How the Brothers-in-law of Aukele Taught Him to Fly -- 72 -- Return of Aukele and the Benefits He Receied in Facing Death -- 42 -- How Namakaokahai Gae Eerything to Aukele, and the Battle Between Kuwahailo and Aukele -- 74 -- How Aukele Sailed with His Brothers in Search of Land -- 46 -- Battle Fought by the Brothers of Aukele and Their Death -- 52 -- Relating to Kaumaiilunaoholaniku -- 80 -- How Aukele Went in Search of the Water of Life of Kane -- 82 -- How Aukele Got Out of Trouble and Was Rewarded -- 56 -- How Aukele Brought Hack to Life His Nephew -- 96 -- How Aukele Became the Husband of Namakaokahai -- 62 -- How Namakaokahai Quarreled With Her -- 102 -- How Aukele was Carried off to the Cliff by Halulu -- 64 -- Ankele’s Trip...

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The Hale Kuamoo–Hawaiian Language Center supports and encourages expansion of Hawaiian language as the medium of education, business, government, and other contexts of social life in Hawaii. The Center provides professional and material resources necessary to address this goal including educational support in the development of curriculum materials for Hawaiian medium education, teacher training, Na Maka O Kana Hawaiian language newspaper, and the Mamaka Kaiao dictionary of contemporary Hawaiian terms....

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He Alii nui o Lonoikamakahiki no ka mokupuni o Hawaii ma hope iho o ko Keawenuiaumi make ana; he kanaonokumamaha hanauna maia Wakea mai. O Keawenuiaumi kona makua kane, a o Kaihalawai kona makuahine; ma Napoopoo kona wahi i hanau ai, a ma laila no o ia i hanai ia ai a nui, e kona mau kahu, e Hauna laua me Loli, a me ka laua wahine o Kohenemonemo. I ko Lonoikamakahiki wa opiopio, oiai ua hoomaka ae kona noonoo ana, i ia manawa nana aela o Lonoikamakahiki, e kau ana na mea lealea a kona makua kane he nui ma loko o ka hale alii. Ike aela o ia e kau ana na ihe pahee. Nana loihi aela o ia, a liuliu, a laila, ninau akula o ia i kona mau kahu: “He aha keia mau mea loloa e kau nei i luna o ka hale”...

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Kona Ao ia ana i ka Wa Opiopio. 1 -- Ko Lonoikamakahiki Imi ana i na Hana Oi o ka Waiwai. 6 -- Ka Ili Mua ana o ka Aina ia Lonoikamakahiki. 10 -- Ka Holo ana o Lonoikamakahiki i Oahu; Ko Ohaikawiliula Hiki ana mai; Ko Lonoikamakahiki Hoopaa ana me Kakuhihewa. 13 -- Ka Pili Ana O Kakuhihewa Me Lonoikamakahiki. 7 -- Ka Hoopapa Alua ana, Akolu, Aha, a me ka Lima, a me ka Hiki ana mai o Kaikilani. 6 -- Ka Hoopapa hou ana o Kakuhihewa me Lonoikamakahiki no Hauna. 41 -- Ka Hoike ana a Lonoikamakahiki i ka Iwi o na Alii i Make ia Keawenuiaumi. 45 -- Na Hoouka Kaua a Lonoikamakahiki. 52 -- Ka Hee ana o Kanaloakuakawaiea me na Kipi; Ka Lanakila ana o Lonoikamakahiki. 55 -- Ka Holo ana o Lonoikamakahiki i Maui e Ike me Kamalalawalu. 58 -- Ka Hoi ana o Kauhipaewa a me Kihapaewa i Hawaii; Ka Holo ana o Kamalalawalu i Hawaii. 63 -- Ka Hoouka Kaua ana ma Waimea; Ka Lanakila ana o Lonoikamakahiki; Auhee o Kamalalawalu me Kona Make ana. . 68 -- Ka Hooponopono Hou ana o Lonoikamakahiki i ke Aupuni; Kona Holo ana i Kauai; Haalele ia o Lonoikamakahiki e ka Lehulehu. 74 -- Hoonoho ia o Kapaihiahilina i Kuhina Nui; Ka Imihala ia ana; Kana Mele Aloha. 77...

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...This third series of the Fornander Collection of Hawaiian Folklore, in its varied character, presents valuable features for antiquarian and ethnic students of Polynesia in general and Hawaii in particular. The papers included in Part I, mostly the r...

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The mother being faint from unpleasant sensations, and groaning at the time, without appetite for food, they (the attendants) sought to ascertain her cravings. Then certain women came to her and asked, “What sort of illness have you that you hide yourself?” She said to them, “I do not know; (I am) simply languid. ” The women then said to her, “Let’s see; we will examine you. ” She took off her garment and they examined her body while one of the women took hold of and felt of her breasts, which, on releasing the hand, they observed the contraction of the nipples of her breasts, and exclaimed, “You probably have a child; you are likely pregnant with one; tell us. ” One of the women said that she was simply bloated; there was no child. Another woman, however, persisted, “You are pregnant. ” They each asked her, “How many months since you last menstruated?” “Two, since my menses period has passed. ” One of the women asked her, ‘What do you crave to eat?” “There is nothing that I long for. I try hard to eat."...

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Preface -- 1 -- Concerning Ancient Religious Ceremonies -- 2 -- Various Heathen Prayers -- 46 -- Concerning the Construction of the Heiau -- 52 -- History of the Hawaiian Priesthood Called the Order of Sorcery -- 56 -- History of the Hawaiian Priesthood in Olden Time Called Hoomanamana -- 66 -- Explanatory Remarks—History of the Sorcery Priesthood—Divisions and Ordinances—Sacrifice Services of the Student—Divination— Praying to Death—Divination Relating to Houses—Divining Omens by the Clouds—Foreítelling the Weather—The Healing Priests— Canoe Dreams—Adverse Signs—the Rainbow and the Rain—The Excrements—Bananas— The Mud-Hen—Auguries in Relation to Kings —The Massage Priest—the Hoounauna Priest —The Hookomokomo Priest—the Makani Priest—The Love-Inducing Priest—The One-oneihonua—Signs Pertaining to Fishermen— Occupation of Farmers—Dreams—Auguries Relating to the Priesthood—Moles—Favorable Birth Months—Auguries of the Canoe-Hewing Priests—Spear Hurling—Bone Breaking Trading as Related to Agriculture—Ceremonial Functions of the Priesthood—Method of Building the Temple—Some Famous Priests -- An Account of Cultivation -- 160 -- Dry Plantin...