Footnote 338:[ (return) ] Pou hele. The main post of a house, which is here intended, was the pou-haná; it was regarded with a superstitious reverence.
Footnote 339:[ (return) ] A’hu o Ka-u. A reference, doubtless, to the long grass that once covered Ka-ú.
Footnote 340:[ (return) ] I-áo. A small fish that took short flights in the air.
Footnote 341:[ (return) ] Lele kawa. To jump in sport from a height into the water.
Footnote 342:[ (return) ] Lele o-ó. To leap feet first into the water.
Footnote 343:[ (return) ] O-ó lele. To dive head first into the water.
Footnote 344:[ (return) ] Lele opuhi. The same as pahi’a, to leap obliquely into the water from a height, bending oneself so that the feet come first to the surface.
Footnote 345:[ (return) ] Kauná. A woman of Ka-ú celebrated for her skill in the hula, also the name of a cape that reaches out into the stormy ocean.
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