Iwa (í-wa, pr. í-va)—the number nine; a large black sea-bird, probably a gull ([p. 76]).
Kahiki (Ka-hí-ki)—Tahiti; any foreign country ([p. 17]).
Kahiko (ka-hí-ko)—ancient; to array; to adorn.
Kahuna (ka-hú-na)—a priest; a skilled craftsman. Every sort of kahuna was at bottom and in some regard a priest, his special department being indicated by a qualifying word, as kahuna anaana, sorcerer, kahuna kalai wa’a, canoe-maker.
Kai (pr. kye)—the ocean; salty. I-kai, to the ocean; ma-kai, at the ocean.
Kakaolelo (ka-ká-o-lé-lo)—one skilled in language; a rhetorician; a councilor ([p. 98]).
Kamapua’a (Ká-ma-pu-a’a)—literally the hog-child; the mythological swine-god, whose story is connected with that of Pele ([p. 231]).
Kanaka, (ka-ná-ka)—a man; a commoner as opposed to the alii. Kanaka (ká-na-ka), men in general; the human race. (Notice the different accents.)
Kanaenae (ká-nae-naé)—a propitiatory sacrifice; an intercession; a part of a prayer (pp. [16], [20]).
Kanaloa (Ká-na-ló-a)—one of the four major gods, represented as of a dark complexion, and of a malignant disposition ([p. 24]).