yllables and the
apostrophe between two vowels to indicate the glottic closure or
interruption of sound (improperly sometimes called a guttural) that
prevents the two from coalescing.

In the seven diphthongs _ae_, _ai_, _ao_, _au_, _ei_, _ia_, and _ua_ a
delicate ear will not fail to detect a coalescence of at least two
sounds, thus proving them not to be mere digraphs.

In animated description or pathetic narrative, or in the effort to
convey the idea of length, or height, or depth, or immensity, the
Hawaiian had a way of prolonging the vowel sounds of a word, as if by so
doing he could intimate the amplitude of his thought.

The letter w (_way_) represents two sounds, corresponding to our w and
our v. At the beginning of a word it has the sound of w (_way_),
retaining this even when the word has become compounded. This is
illustrated in _Wai_-a-lu-a (geographical name), and _w_a-ha mouth. In
the middle of a word, or after the first syllable, it almost always has
the sound of v (_vay_), as in he-_w_a (wrong), and in E-_w_a
(geographical name). In ha-_w_a-_w_a (awkward), the compound word
ha-_w_ai (water-pipe), and several others the w takes the _way_ sound.

The great majority of Hawaiian words are accented on the penult, and in
simple words of four or more syllables there is, as a rule, an accent on
the fourth and on the sixth syllables, counting back from the final
syllable, as in la-na-ki-la (victorious) and as in ho-o-ko-lo-ko-lo (to
try at law).

_Aha_, (a-ha)--a braided cord of sinet; an assembly; a prayer or
religious service (note a, p. 20).

_Ahaaina_ (a-ha-ai-na)--a feast.

_Ai_ (ai, as in aisle)--vegetable food; to eat; an event in a game or
contest (p. 93).

_Ai-a-lo_ (to eat in the presence of)--the persons privileged to eat at
an alii's table.

_Aiha'a_ (ai-ha'a):--a strained, bombastic, guttural tone of voice in
reciting a mele, in contrast to the style termed _ko'i-honua_ (pp. 89,
90).

_Ailolo_ (ai-lo-lo=to eat brains)--a critical, ceremonial sacrifice, the
conditions of which must be met before a novitiate can be admitted as a
practitioner of the hula as well as of other skilled professions (pp.
15, 31, 34).

_Aina_ (ai-na)--the land; a meal (of food).

_Alii_ (a-li'i)--a chief; a person of rank; a king.

_Aloha_ (a-lo-ha)--goodwill; affection; love; a word of salutation.

_Ami_ (a-mi)--to bend; a bodily motion used in the hula (note, p. 202).

_Anuenue_ (a-nu-e-nu-e)--a rainbow