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  • Ia po a ao ae, mahope o ka auina la ike hou aku la oia i ke ku a ka punohu i ka moana, ma ka hoailona i ku ia Aiwohikupua e like me ka mea i maa i ua Makaula nei.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Makaula, e ku ana ka punohu i ka moana, a me ka ua koko, aia nae, ua uhi paapuia ka moana i ka noe a me ke awa, mawaena o Molokai, a me Lanai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Kuamooakane, aia hoi e pio ana ke anuenue i Molokai, e ku ana ka punohu

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ua aneane e hala na la he umi ia ia ma Molokai, ike hou aku la oia e ku ana ka punohu iluna o Haleakala; haalele keia ia Molokai, hiki mua oia iluna o Haleakala ma kela lua pele, aole nae oia i ike i kana mea e imi nei.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Pela i hoao liilii ai na hoailona iloko o na la elima, a i ke ono o ka la, kui ka hekili, ua ka ua, kaikoo ka moana, waikahe ka aina, olapa ka uwila, uhi ka noe, pio ke anuenue, ku ka punohu i ka moana.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • DRESSING SONG of _hula_ girls: _Ku ka punohu ula_ 55

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

  • _punohu_ -- doubtfully explained to me as mists touched by the end of a rainbow -- and the long clouds which lie along the horizon, forecast the doings of chiefs.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • E nana nae oe, a i ku ka punohu i ka moana, alaila, manao ae oe ua hoi mai wau me ko wahine, alaila, hoomalu oe ia oe a hiki i ko olua la e hoao ai. "

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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