[18] Laau ku’i, literally, spliced sticks; a ladder, or some contrivance of the sort to aid the traveler in climbing a pali. [↑]
[19] Lalo, below, to leeward; therefore to the west, meaning Lohiau, who came from the leeward island of Kauai. [↑]
[20] Manawa, the fontanelles; the heart and affections. [↑]
[21] Wai-lua, a river on Kauai. [↑]
[22] Lehua-wehe, a land in Honolulu; here meaning Pele-ula herself. [↑]
[23] Moe-awakea, a hill in Puna; here used for its etymological signification—literally, to sleep at noontime—which is brought out in the translation. [↑]
[24] The ami was a vigorous action of the body, often employed by dancers. Its chief feature was a rotation of the pelvis in circles of elipses. Though sometimes used with amorous intent, it was not necessarily an attempt to portray sexual attitudes. The ami honua, or ami ku’u pau, was an exaggerated action of the same description. [↑]
[25] Kalukalu, a place in Puna which supported extensive forests of hala (pandanus), a tree whose sword-shaped leaves were edged with fierce thorns. In contrast with the smart they produced the poet adduces the delights of the wilds in his own island of Kauai, instancing the laua’e, a fragrant vine that abounds in its mountains. [↑]
[26] Mohole, an unusual form for pohole, to be lacerated, but not quite so strong. [↑]
[27] Na-pali (the cliffs), a name given to the precipitous side of Kauai, where is the wild valley of Ka-lalau. [↑]