[12] Lele wale, to get off the track; to go astray; to fail to hit the point. [↑]
[13] A pa ia’u, pa ia oe, with results disastrous to me and to you. [↑]
[14] Wahine-kapu, a bluff in the north-western wall that surrounds the caldera of Kilauea, the tabu residence of god Ka-moho-alii, a brother of Pele. [↑]
[15] Hoali’i (Hoa, companion and alii, chief); a fellow chief. [↑]
[16] Ku-wa’a, a god who presided at the hauling of a canoe-log. The shout raised on such an occasion, though it sounds almost like a repetition of this god’s name, being “ku maumau wa,” had a different origin. [↑]
[17] Ku-haili-moe, one of the Ku gods, whose function it was to induce or preside over dreams at night. [↑]
[18] Naele o Hawaii, probably meaning the whole broad area of Hawaii. One view would make it refer specially to the swampy lands. [↑]
[19] Kui-kui, an archaic form of the word kukui; here meaning both the candle made from the kukui nut and the god who had the same under his special charge. [↑]
[20] Koli-koli, the god who presided over the snuffling of the kukui nut candles. These were made by stringing the roasted nuts on a coconut leaf-rib. [↑]
[21] Kaha-ula, the goddess who presided over erotic dreams. [↑]