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  • Hamakua kona hiki mua ana, oi hele aku oia mai ka manawa uuku o kahi puaa a nui loa, a na ka puaa no e hele.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Iloko nae o ko ka Makaula hoi ana, aole oia i haalele i kana mau mea i lawe mai ai mai Kauai mai (oia ka puaa, a me ka moa).

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by.

    My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii 1998

  • Where the Humuhumu, Nukunuku a puaa goes swimming by.

    My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii 1998

  • A no ka ike ana o ka Makaula i kela hoailona, ku ae la oia a hopu he wahi puaa, he moa lawa, me ka puawa, e hoomakaukau ana no ka hiki mai o

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Makaula nei no ka hiamoe, a me ka ala a mau ana o kahi puaa, a o-o-o mau no hoi o kahi moa.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Mamua ae nae o ko ka Makaula holo ana mai, ua hoomakaukau mua oia hookahi puaa hiwa, he moa lawa, a me ka i-a ula.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Olelo mai o Kapukaihaoa, "Ua pono ka puaa, nolaila, ke hookuu aku nei wau i ka'u hanai nau e malama, a loaa ia oe ka pomaikai, a kui mai i o'u nei ka lono ua waiwai oe, alaila, imi aku wau."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Lalau iho la oia he wahi puaa, i mea alana aku imua o Kapukaihaoa, ke kahuna nana i malama ia Laielohelohe, a pii aku la.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Alaila, olelo mai la na mea waa, "Ua uluhua maua no kou hiamoe, a me ka alala mau o ko wahi puaa, a me ke kani mau a ko wahi moa, nolaila kulikuli; mai ka holo ana mai nei no ka ke kulikuli a hiki i keia manawa, ua pono no la hoi ia, i na la hoi e hoe ana oe, aole ka, he moe wale iho no ka kau."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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