[18] Ai. In another version, instead of ai, I find eli or elieli used. [↑]
[19] Ma-u, the sister of Haumea, therefore aunt to Pele, also the wife of Maka-li’i. [↑]
[20] Lua-wahine, (lua-hine?), said to be an incarnation, or more properly, perhaps, a spiritual form (kino-lau) of Haumea. [↑]
[21] Kukuena, the goddess, au-makua, who presided over the ceremony of preparing awa for drinking; said to be an elder sister of Pele. [↑]
[22] Akua malihini, an epithet applied to himself by Kauhi, because, as previously stated, he had since his arrival from Kahiki been obliged to remain fixed in his station in the cliff and had thus been denied acquaintance with the other islands, especially the big island of Hawaii. [↑]
[23] Ka-ma’a-ma’a, a land in Puna. [↑]
[24] Pua-le’i. Bird-hunters often stripped off the lower branches from a selected lehua tree that was in full flower and then limed it to ensnare the birds that were attracted to its rich clusters. Such a tree was termed pua-le’i. [↑]
[25] Apua, a place in Puna. [↑]
[26] Ku-ka-la-ula, a place on the road that ascends from Puna to Kilauea. The same term was applied to the ruddy glow that appears on a mountain horizon just before sunrise. [↑]
[27] Pu’u-lena, said to be the name of a hill near Kilauea-iki. It is now commonly employed as the name of a wind, as in the old saying: “Ua hala ka Pu’u-lena, aia i Hilo.” [↑]