teacher and leader of the hula.

_Kupee_ (ku-pe'e)--a bracelet; an anklet (Mele Kupe'e, p. 49.)

_Kupua_ (ku-pu-a)--a superhuman being; a wonder-worker; a wizard.

_Ku-pulupulu_ (Ku-pu-lu-pu-lu)--Ku the hairy; one of the forms of god
Ku, propitiated by canoe-makers and hula folk (p. 24).

_Laa_ (La'a)--consecrated; holy; devoted.

_Laa-mai-Kahiki_--A prince who flourished some six or seven centuries
ago and voyaged to Kahiki and back. He was an ardent patron of the hula
(p. 103).

_Lama_ (la-ma)--a torch; a beautiful tree (Maba sandwicensis,
Hillebrand) having fine-grained whitish wood that was much used for
sacred purposes (p. 23).

_Lanai_ (la-nai)--a shed or veranda; an open part of a house covered
only by a roof.

_Lanai_ (La-na'i)--the small island lying southwest of Maui.

_Lani_ (la-ni)--the sky; the heaven or the heavens; a prince or king;
heaven-born (pp. 81, 82).

_Lehua_, (le-hu-a)--a forest tree (Metrosideros polymorpha) whose
beautiful scarlet or salmon-colored flowers were much used in decoration
(Pule Hoo-noa, p. 126).

_Lei_ (lei: both vowels are sounded, the _i_ slightly)--a wreath of
flowers, of leaves, feathers, beads, or shells (p. 56).

_Liloa_ (Li-lo-a)--an ancient king of Hawaii, the father of Umi (p.
131).

_Lohiau_ (Lo-hi-au)--the prince of Haena, with whom Pele became enamored
in her dreams (p. 186).

_Lolo_ (lo-lo)--the brain (p. 34).

_Lono_ (Lo-no)--one of the four major gods of Hawaii (p. 24).

_Luau_ (lu-au)--greens made by cooking young taro leaves; in modern times
a term applied to a Hawaiian feast.

_Mahele_ (ma-he-le)--to divide; a division of a mele; a canto; a part of
a song-service (p. 58).

_Mahiole_ (ma-hi-o-le)--a helmet or war-cap, a style of hair-cutting in
imitation of the same (p. 91).

_Mahuna_ (ma-hu-na)--a small particle; a fine scale; a variety of
delicate kapa; the desquamation of the skin resulting from habitual
awa-drinking.

_Makalii_ (Ma-ka-li'i)--small eyes; small, fine; the Pleiades (p. 216
and note on p. 218).

_Malo_ (ma-lo)--a loin-cloth worn especially by men. (Verses 3, 4, 5, 6
of mele on p. 36).

_Mano_ (ma-no)--a shark; a variety of hula (p. 221).

_Mauna_ (mau-na)--a mountain. A word possibly of Spanish origin.

_Mele_ (me-le)--a poem; a song; to chant; to sing.

_Mele inoa_--a name-song; a eulogy (pp. 27, 37).

_Mele kahea_ (ka-hea = to call)--a password by which one gained
admission to the halau (pp. 38, 41).

_Moo_ (m