aku, a species of fish, the bonito.
akua, a deity, p. 184.
akule, a species of fish.
ala, a smooth, round stone.
alae, mud-hens, p. 33.
alaea, red earth, of which the body of the first man was made, p. 16.
Alehe-ka-la, sun snarer, p. 32.
alii, chief.
Alii aimoku, sovereign of the land.
aloha, a word betokening greeting or farewell.
Aloha ino oe, eia ihonei paha oe e make ai, he ai mainei Pele,
Compassion great to you! Close here, perhaps, is your death; Pele
comes devouring, p. 40.
Aloha oe! Alas for you! p. 41.
anae-holo, p. 270.
anahulu, a period of ten days.
Ana puhi, eel's cave, p. 188.
ano akua nae, p. 51.
Aole! no! p. 40.
ao poko, short cloud, p. 207.
apapani (or apapane), a scarlet bird, p. 182.
a-pe, a plant having broad leaves of an acrid taste, like kalo,
but stronger.
auki, the ki leaf (Dracaena terminalis), p. 119.
Aumakua, ancestral shades, p. 93; god, p. 220.
aupehu, p. 220.
auwai, watercourse, p. 110.
Auwe ka make! alas, he is dead! p. 176.
awa, the name of a plant of a bitter, acrid taste, from which
an intoxicating drink is made; also the name of the liquor itself,
expressed from the root of the plant.
aweoweo, a species of reddish fish.
Eia o Hana la he aina aupehu; o Hana keia i ka ia iki; ka ia o Kama;
ka ia o Lanakila, p. 220.
Elepaio, a small green bird (Chasiempis sandwichensis), p. 125.
ha, the lower stem of leaves when cut from the root, p. 114.
haawe, back-load, p. 126.
haka, a medium devoted to the cult of a god, p. 263.
hala tree (Pandanus odoratissimus), p. 121.
halau, shed, p. 113.
hau, a forest tree--a species of hibiscus; also, the bark of this
tree from which ropes are made.
he ekolu ula o ka la, the third brightness of the sun, p. 204.
hee kupua, wonderful octopus, p. 234.
heiau, temple.
he keehina honua a Kane, p. 15.
he 'lii kahuli, p. 19.
He Lualoa no Na 'lii, a deep pit for the chiefs, p. 241.
he mau anahulu, about thirty days.
He po hookahi, a ao ua pau, in one night, and by dawn it is finished,
p. 109.
He waa halau Alii o ka Moku, the royal vessel, the ark, p. 20.
hiaku, name of a place in the sea beyond the kaiuli, and inside
the kohola, p. 242.
Hi-ka-po-loa, Most Excellent, p. 15
Hilo, the first day (of the new moon), p. 75.
hilu, a species of fish, spotted with various colors, p. 273.
hinahina, leaves of a gray or withered appearance, p. 98.
hinalea, a spe
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