Kuahu (ku-á-hu)—an altar; a rustic stand constructed in the halau in honor of the hula gods ([p. 15]).
Kuhai-moana (Ku-hái-mo-á-na)—a shark-god (pp. [76], [77]).
Ku’i (ku’i)—to smite; to beat; the name of a hula ([p. 250]).
Kukui (ku-kú-i)—a tree (Aleurites moluccana) from the nuts of which were made torches; a torch. (Mahana lua na kukui a Lanikaula, [p. 130], note c.)
Kumu-hula (kú-mu húla)—a teacher and leader of the hula.
Kupee (ku-pe’e)—a bracelet; an anklet (Mele Kupe’e, [p. 49].)
Kupua (ku-pú-a)—a superhuman being; a wonder-worker; a wizard.
Ku-pulupulu (Kú-pú-lu-pú-lú)—Ku the hairy; one of the forms of god Ku, propitiated by canoe-makers and hula folk ([p. 24]).
Laa (Lá’a)—consecrated; holy; devoted.
Laa-mai-Kahiki—A prince who flourished some six or seven centuries ago and voyaged to Kahiki and back. He was an ardent patron of the hula ([p. 103]).