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  • Ang Disaster Tennessee Coal ay maaaring ang pangwakas na kuko sa kabaong para sa ilang mga endangered species. turkesa shiner

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  • Aole nae i haula o Kaonohiokala ia manawa i ka hewa, aka, ua hoomaka ae kona kuko ino e hana i ka mea pono ole.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A na keia kuko, kaikai kino houia mai la oia mai luna mai e halawai hou me Laielohelohe.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Iloko hoi o ko laua ike ana i ua kaikamahine Alii nei o Hana, alaila, ua hoopuniia ke Alii kane, a me kona Kuhina e na kuko; a oia no hoi ke kumu o ko Aiwohikupua ma noho ana malaila ia la.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • No ka mea, i na la a pau a'u e nalo nei, ma Keaau no wau, no ko'u ike mau i keia wahine maikai, nolaila, ua hookonokonoia mai wau e ke kuko e hele pinepine e ike i ua wahine nei.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A kaawale aku la kona kaikuahine, a i ka pau ana paha o a hapaha elua o ka lima o ka makahiki, iho hou mai la oia ilalo nei e hooko i kona manao kuko ia Laielohelohe.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A lohe o Kaonohiokala i keia mea, akahi no a hoomohalaia ke kuko ino iloko, alaila, hoi aku la oia iluna me kana wahine (Laieikawai).

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ku-Kaua-Kahi, a triad -- the Fundamental Supreme Unity, p. 15. kukini, trained runner. kuko, to wish, to lust, p. 89. kukui tree, Aleurites molluccana, p. 88.

    Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

  • "Let us wish" (_kuko_, literally, to lust), said Kalelealuaka.

    Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends 1887

  • _Ei 'au, e Laka mai uka_ 20 in prose speech: _E ola ia'u, i ka malihini_ 46 to Kane and Kapo: _Kane hiki a'e, he maláma ia luna_ 44 to Laka: _Eia ke kuko, ka li'a_ 43 to Laka: _Haki pu a ka nahelehele_ 18 to Laka: _O Laka oe_ 42 to the _Kini Akua: E ulu, e ulu, Kini o ke Akua!

    Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula Nathaniel Bright Emerson 1877

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