).
_Ilamuka_ (i-la-mu-ku)--a constable.
_Ilima_ (i-li-ma)--a woody shrub (Sida fallax, Hillebrand) whose
chrome-yellow flowers were much used in making wreaths (p. 56).
_Ilio_ (i-li-o)--a dog; a variety of hula (p. 223).
_Imu_ (i-mu), sometimes _umu_ (u-mu)--a native oven, made by lining a
hole in the ground and arching it over with stones (verse 3, Oli Pau, p.
51).
_Inoa_ (i-no-a)--a name. (See Mele inoa.)
Ipo (i-po)--a lover; a sweetheart.
Ipoipo (i-po-i-po), _hoipo_ (ho-i-po)', or _hoipoipo_ (ho-i-po-i-po)--to
make love; to play the lover; sexual dalliance.
_Ipu_ (i-pu)--a general name for the Cucurbitaceae, and the dishes made
from them, as well as dishes of coconut shell, wood, and stone; the
drumlike musical instrument made from joining two calabashes (p. 73).
_Iwa_ (i-wa, pr. i-va)--the number nine; a large black sea-bird,
probably a gull (p. 76).
_Kahiki_ (Ka-hi-ki)--Tahiti; any foreign country (p. 17).
_Kahiko_ (ka-hi-ko)--ancient; to array; to adorn.
_Kahuna_ (ka-hu-na)--a priest; a skilled craftsman. Every sort of kahuna
was at bottom and in some regard a priest, his special department being
indicated by a qualifying word, as _kahuna anaana_, sorcerer, _kahuna
kalai wa'a_, canoe-maker.
_Kai_ (pr. kye)--the ocean; salty. _I-kai_, to the ocean; _ma-kai_, at
the ocean.
_Kakaolelo_ (ka-ka-o-le-lo)--one skilled in language; a rhetorician; a
councilor (p. 98).
_Kamapua'a_ (Ka-ma-pu-a'a)--literally the hog-child; the mythological
swine-god, whose story is connected with that of Pele (p. 231).
_Kanaka_, (ka-na-ka)--a man; a commoner as opposed to the alii. _Kanaka_
(ka-na-ka), men in general; the human race. (Notice the different
accents.)
_Kanaenae_ (ka-nae-nae)--a propitiatory sacrifice; an intercession; a
part of a prayer (pp. 16, 20).
_Kanaloa_ (Ka-na-lo-a)--one of the four major gods, represented as of a
dark complexion, and of a malignant disposition (p. 24).
_Kane_ (Ka-ne)--male; a husband; one of the four major gods, represented
as being a tall blond and of a benevolent disposition (p. 24).
_Kapa_ (ka-pa)--the paper-cloth of the Polynesians, made from the
fibrous bark of many plants by pounding with wooden beaters while kept
moist.
_Kapo_ (Ka-po)--a goddess and patron of the hula, sister of the
poison-god, Kalai-pahoa, and said to be mother of Laka (pp. 25, 45).
_Kapu_ (ka-pu).---a tabu; a religious prohibition (pp. 30, 57).
_Kau_ (Ka-u)--"the milk;" a dist
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