Kuokoa Home Rula, Volume VI, Number 51, 18 December 1908 — Queries. [ARTICLE]

Queries.

Kanaka-kee—doodle and yankee-doodle w one person; or kanaka—kee-doodle and yankee-koodle-(( )Y! one person. Whieh form is -right? The idea being, that kanaka-kee -doodle and yankee-doodle are qualifying terms referring to one person only, What is that whieh reads as follows: No ke kai ka hale; noho ia e ka puna, No ka puna ka hale, noho ia e ke kai, Pu-o ka lau o ka niu, Mohala e—ka lau*o ka naenae? Phe house beiongs to the sea, 3ut the coral abides in it, The house*be'longs to the coral, Yet, the sea fills it up, •Buds forth the leaves of the coco-nut. Then and there, spreads forth the leaves ol the na'enae (a species of sweet scented shrubs?) What is that fish, the aame of whieh means in Hawaiian to rule the day light (ao)? (Hawaiian riddle) What is that water well whieh is hung up in the air? Kuu wahi punawai kau ika lewa? (Hawaiian riddie) What is that fish, the scaies of whieh are bundled up by its raeat? (Hawaiian riddle.)