Ai-á-lo (to eat in the presence of)—the persons privileged to eat at an alii’s table.
Aiha’a (ai-ha’a):—a strained, bombastic, guttural tone of voice in reciting a mele, in contrast to the style termed ko’i-honua (pp. [89], [90]).
Ailolo (ai-ló-lo=to eat brains)—a critical, ceremonial sacrifice, the conditions of which must be met before a novitiate can be admitted as a practitioner of the hula as well as of other skilled professions (pp. [15], [31], [34]).
Aina (aí-na)—the land; a meal (of food).
Alii (a-li’i)—a chief; a person of rank; a king.
Aloha (a-ló-ha)—goodwill; affection; love; a word of salutation.
Ami (á-mi)—to bend; a bodily motion used in the hula (note, p. [202]).
Anuenue (a-nú-e-nú-e)—a rainbow; a waterfall in Hilo ([p. 61], verse 13).
Ao (á-o)—dawn; daytime; the world; a cloud ([p. 196], verse 7).
Aumakua (aú-ma-kú-a)—an ancestral god ([p. 23]).