[22] Ku-ke-ao-iki, clouds broken up into small fragments, like our mackerel sky. [↑]
[23] Ku-ke-ao-loa, the long stratus clouds, here represented as an embodiment of Ku. [↑]
[24] Ku-ke-ao-poko, a small compact cloud standing detached from its fellows. [↑]
[25] Ku-ke-ao-awihiwihi-ula, a ruddy cloud, ragged at its border. [↑]
[26] Kanaka o ka mauna, probably the Kini Akua, the host of elfins, kobolds and brownies—godlings—that peopled the wilderness. [↑]
[27] Hoa hele o ka ulu-laau, an apposition clause that explains the previous appellations. [↑]
[28] Na Keo-lani, goddesses of healing. [↑]
[29] Maka’a-pule, a term applied to an ohi’a fruit (mountain apple) when so ripe that its seed rattled within the drupe. It was then in the finest condition for eating. [↑]
[30] Ku-haili-moe, the same god as Ku-haili-moku, who bedecked the land with greenery, a god also worshipped by the canoe-makers. [↑]
[31] Ha’iha’i-lau-ahea, said to be the same as Ha’ina-kolo. [↑]