Kilu (kí-lu)—a dish made by cutting off obliquely the top of a coconut or small gourd, which was used as a sort of top in the game and dance called kilu. (Hula kilu, [p. 235].)
Ko—sugar-cane; performed, accomplished. With the causative prefix ho’o, as in ho’oko (ho’o-kó), to accomplish, to carry to success ([p. 30] ).
Ko’i (kó’i)—an ax, an adz; originally a stone implement. (See mele beginning Ko’i maka nui, [p. 228].)
Ko’i honua (ko’i ho-nú-a)—a compound of the causative ko, i, to utter, and honua, the earth; to recite or cantillate in a quiet distinct tone, in distinction from the stilted bombastic manner termed ai-ha’a ([p. 58]).
Kokua-kumu, (ko-kú-a-kú-mu)—the assistant or deputy who took charge of the halau in the absence of the kumu-hula, ([p. 29]).
Kolea (ko-lé-a)—the plover; the name of a hula ([p. 219]).
Kolohe (ko-ló-he)—mischievous; restless; lawless (note d, [p. 194]).
Kona, (Kóna)—a southerly wind or storm; a district on the leeward side of many of the islands.
Koolau (Ko’o-láu)—leaf-compeller; the windward side of an island; the name of a wind. (A Koolau wau, ike i ka ua, verse 1, [p. 59].)
Ku—to stand; to rise up; to fit; a division of land; one of the four major gods who had many functions, such as Ku-pulupulu, Ku-mokuhalii, Ku-kaili-moku, etc. (Mele, Ku e, nana e! [p. 223].)