[72] Lelea, a marine creature that is said to be slimy and adheres to the rocks. [↑]
[73] Kahi-kona, said to be a god of the fishermen. [↑]
[74] Leo hokiki, an imperfect tone caused by a torn drumhead. [↑]
[75] Kua a. The penalty of approaching Pele from behind was death: she is said to have had a consuming back. [↑]
[76] Kai oki’a, an engulfing abyss. [↑]
[77] Ala muku, the rainbow. (For further comments on these difficult passages, see notes [11], [12], and [13], on page 114.) [↑]
[78] Ho’o-nou o ka lani. This must be Pele. The word ho-onou is used of a person striving to accomplish some physical task, as of a woman straining in labor. [↑]
[79] Ku-walu, literally, eighth in order of succession. [↑]
[80] Ulu-po, said to be the name of a heiau at Kailua, Oahu. [↑]
[81] Iku-wa, the name of a month in the Hawaiian year, corresponding, according to one account, pretty closely to October; according to another nomenclature it corresponds pretty nearly to our April. The name etymologically connoted thunder and reverberations. [↑]