Nupepa Puka La Kuokoa, Volume I, Number 46, 11 April 1893 — HE MOOLELO HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

HE MOOLELO HAWAII.

MOKUNA V. NO KA HOAHO ANA. A mahope iho o keia, e oki i ka mauu o luna o ka puka, a hili ika mauu ona aoao o ka puka a-maikai, a pau keia mau mea alaila lawe māi na mea ai ā makaukau, pau ka holoholo ana, hoomalu no ke kaumaha aiana. Penei e pule ai: . “E na aumakuā ika po, na aumokua i kē āo, mai ka hikina ā ke komohana, māi ka hema aka akau, ēia ka ai, eia. ka iā, eia kā puaa,, eia na mea a pau i hoolako ia ma keia' papaaina, no. ke komo ana o ka hale .hou, ke.ai nei makou, 6 kē aka ka oukou. e hele nui mai oukou e āi mai ke nui a ka liilii, aolē e koe aku kekahi o-ohumu auanei, a i ko oukou hele- ana aku, e waiho mua iho i ka pukou.hoomaikai no’u no ka mea hale,.a o ka oukou pulapula hoi, e hoola mai ia makou a pau, a i hele kō makou ola a kolopupu, a haumakaiole, a palaiauhala, a moe i ka moena huli i ke alo iluua, a ka i ko-ko, . o ka oukou ola ka hoi ia ka ke akua. Pela no hoi ia oukou e ka poe wahine, mai ka paa ilūna a i ka paa ilalo, mai uka a kai, mai nae a lalo, mai ka hookui a ka hoohalawai, kiki koele, aohe mea i koe, hele nui mai e ai, e komo hoi i ka hale hou, e ola hoi ia makou i ke ao nei, e nana i ka poe ohumu, i ka leoleowa, a e hoole aku i na haku aina,. Amama ua noa. A pau ka pule ana, o ka haupa iho la no ia i na mea i hoomakaukau ia. A noa ae la no hoi. Apauaelāka pilikia, ua paa ka hale, “ua noho i ka malu hale halauaola,” wahi a kahiko. No ke kapa. He nui ka ilihune o ka poe oka wa kahiko ma Hawaii nei, aole nui na mea i aahu ia, he malo pau wale no ko kane, a he pau no hoi ko ka wahine, a onā keiM, he olohēlohe no lakou, aple o lakou kapa, he hele wale no lakou. Ila loaa mai ke kapā o keia lahūi no loko mai o kekahi mau laau e ulu anā ma keia. paē aina, • a eia na inoa, wauke, mamaki, ulu, maauea, maaloa, palaholo, aMa

poopumaia, o na mea hooluu pu no kapa, kukui, holoi, olena, amau, alaea, iliahi, paihi, noni, moelua, a me ka puakai, a pela aku. Na na wahine keia hana, aole . nakekane, peneikahanaana: Kii aku i ka ili o kekahi o keia , mau laau, oka wauke paha, hohole mai, (elike me ka ili- ' hau a olona,) a pau ia, e kolifoli aku i ka ili eleele mawaho loa, a koe iho ka io maloko, a , e hoomoe palaha aku me ke kau ana iho o na mea a pau i kolikoli ia, kekahi maluna o ; kekahi,. elike no hoi me ka nui kupono ke hana ia, a e naki- ; nakiaeina kaula mawaena me ka pauku ana mai ke poo ; aku a hiki i ka huehuelo, , alaila, hohoa, aku meka pauku hohoa i hoomakaukau mua ia maluna o ka pauku laau a o ka pohaku paha, a lilo ae la i i mea palahalaha a lahilahi, a kapa ia iho la he maomao. Alaila, waiho aku i ua maomao nei iloko oka wai, a hāla he mau la, lilo i. mea palahe a walewale, a kihaehae ae laa okaoka loa, a popo ae elike me ka makemake o ka mea nana e hana. e lawa ai no ke kapa hookahi. A pau keia, e kii aku ika . muo oka amau, a o kona wale, i oia ke kae no ka wa e knku ai, . i ole ai e mokumoku a maMlii kili ke kapa ke kuku aku. īna i ,e makemake i kapa eleele, e i kii i.ka auhau no oka wauke ; a hau paha, a puhi i -ke ahi, a i he lanahu maikai ko laua no • ka hana hopluu kapa, he aeae, i aole kalakala, kui a wali aeae, i; kawili me kar wai, a oia wai . eleele huipu me ke kapa e kuku i iaana, a oia ka mea i eleele ai i ke kapa. Peneike anooke / , kuku ana: He lehulehu no na i ano mea paahana e pono ai . keia hana hope. 0ke kua a i. me kaie kuku oke kua, he . laau iaikalai ia, he anana a . oi aku ka loa, he eono a ewalu . iniha ka laula o kahi e kuku iho ai, 0 ke kawau, o ke kolea . oka holei kekahi mau laau hana mau ia i kua kuku kapa, a me ke koaie no hoi, ua kalai . owawa ia olalo ae o kekahi kuai paa kekauiho iluna o na paēpae uluna moena, ma kekahi poo, a ma kekahi poo no hoi. He nui na ano ame na inoa o na ie kuku, he iē halua, he ie pa, he ie hoopai, a ia mea aku, ia mea aku. A pau ke kapa i kuku hoomaikai ia, lawe e halena i ka,hua: maiau ke kahua a makai, aole wahi pohaku, opala, a laalaaue waiho malāial, o pohae ke kapa ke kaulai. Ā maloo, komo hou ika wai i pau ke kae hohono wauke, a halena hou, mahope hohoa i waliwali ke aahu a moe; he elima kapai kui ia, hookahi ia kuina, umi kuina, hookahi iako, a peīa aku. Ua lawa ia no ka paio ana me na kehau anu oka hooilo. _ He nui a lehulehu ka inoa o na kapa ma ke ano i hana ia e like me ka makemake, eiakekahi mau inoa. Ae, aemahuna, paiula, kea, kalahale, koaeau, koahapii, paikukui, ouholowai, puakai a pela aku. (Aole ipau.)