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  • Kahea mai la o Aiwohikupua i ke kaikuahine opiopio, "Iho mai kaua, ou mau kaikuaana ke noho aku."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Notice, too, that when, on page 423, the brother bids his youngest sister -- _kaikuahine opiopio_ -- stay with "her sisters" he uses the word _kaikuaana_, because he is thinking of her relation to them, not of his own.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • "Aole wau e hiki aku," wahi a kona kaikuahine opiopio, "aia a pau loa makou i ka hoi pu me oe, alaila, hoi aku au."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Hoohuli hou na waa i hope e imi ia Kahalaomapuana, aole nae i loaa; nolaila, haalele loa o Aiwohikupua i kona kaikuahine opiopio, a hoi loa aku i Kauai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Aka, he mea malihini nae i ka Makaula keia kaikamahine opiopio, a he mea weliweli no hoi i ua Makaula nei ka ike ana i ka moo, aka, ma kona ano

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no keia olelo a kona kaikauhine opiopio, alaila i aku o Aiwohikupua,

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ike aku la wau i keia kaikamahine opiopio i maikai kona mau helehelena; nolaila, ua pauhia mai wau e ka makemake nui.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • No ka mea, he kanaka hana pono oleia wau e na wahine, mai ko'u wa opiopio mai

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A lohe o Ihuanu i keia kaena a Aiwohikupua e kui, alaila, leha ae la na maka o Ihuanu a puni ka aha, ike aku la oia e hiiia mai ana kekahi keiki opiopio loa, alaila, olelo aku la o Ihuanu ia Aiwohikupua, "Aole na'u oe

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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