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  • Olelo iho la ka Makaula iloko ona, "He mea kupanaha, aole hoi he makani o keia lua wai e kuleana ai la hoi ka aleale ana o ka wai, me he mea he mea e auau ana, a ike ae nei ia'u pee iho nei."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I ke kaikamahine Alii nae e auau ana i ka wai o Kumaka, ua hoopuiwaia ke

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A pau ka auau ana a laua, hoi aku la laua me ka manao e kau maluna o na waa a holo aku; aka, ike aku la o Aiwohikupua i ke Alii wahine e konane mai ana, a manao iho la ke Alii kane malihini e hele i ke konane; aka, ua lilo mua na ke Alii wahine ke kahea e konane laua.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Hinaikamalama e auau ana, i ole laua e pilikia ma ka manao.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A submerged mass is to'a faa ruru, and the coral on which the waves break, to'a auau.

    Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

  • Hiiaka's bath, _Wai auau o Hiiaka_ (verse 7), which was the subject of Pele's contention (verse 8), was a spring of water which Pele had planted at Huleia on her arrival from Kahiki.

    Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

  • In lastynge blysse yee mowe yo {ur} self auau {n} ce!

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

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