[7] Kai-a-ulu, a wind felt on the leeward side of Oahu. [↑]
[8] Ha’ina na ihu. Ha’i, to break or be broken. The Hawaiian kiss was a flattening of nose against nose. The breaking of noses, as here, therefore, means excessive kissing. [↑]
[9] Lualua-lei, the name of a plain in this region. [↑]
[11] Kua-mú, said to be the name of a wind, the blowing of which caused heavy rain in the woods back of Hilo. [↑]
[12] Hana-kahi, an ancient king of Hilo, frequently mentioned in poetry, whose name is used to designate the district. [↑]
[13] Hale Lehua, an evident allusion to the goddess, or mermaid, Moana-nui-ka-Lehua. She was a relative of Pele and had her habitation in the ocean caverns of Ie-ie-waena, the channel between Oahu and Kauai. Her story belongs to the time when the sun-hero Mawi was performing his wonderful exploits. (See account given on p. [104].) [↑]
[14] Pulelo, a word descriptive of the tremor of the flames that wrapped the trees. [↑]
[15] Maewa, to fork, or branch, said of the flames. [↑]
[16] Awa lau, leaf-shaped lagoon; a highly appropriate epithet, when applied to that system of lochs, channels and estuaries that form the famous “Pearl Lochs,” as any one acquainted with the place will admit. [↑]