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  • "Aole kaua e holo pu i Kauai," wahi a ka wahine, "aka, e kau wau me oukou a Kohala, hoi mai wau, alaila hoi oukou."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • "Aole oukou e hiki," wahi a ka wahine "no ka mea, e kauoha no wau i ka

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • It has long been a sacred place (wahi pana) for spiritual regeneration (pu ` uhonua).

    Religion, nature and environmentalism 2007

  • -- When the Prophet, on whose name be peace, had first received the wahi, the Revelation, had he not feared for his sanity?

    The Satanic Verses Rushdie, Salman 1967

  • I was introduced into a small square yard, and then into a room, where I found the sick man extended on his bed on the ground, surrounded by as many women as the place could hold, who cried aloud, and exclaimed, “_Wahi, wahi_, in the name of God he dies, he dies!

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • I seated myself on a stone, near the hut, and, with my monkey by my side, I gave vent to my grief in a flood of tears, exclaiming, “_Ah wahi!

    The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier

  • Ia ia i hiki ai i Hamakua, malalo o Waipio kona wahi i noho ai ma

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • "Aole wau e hiki aku," wahi a kona kaikuahine opiopio, "aia a pau loa makou i ka hoi pu me oe, alaila, hoi aku au."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • La laua i halawai aku ai me ka mea waa, olelo aku la o Waka, "E ae anei oe ia maua e kau pu aku me oe ma ko waa, a holo aku i kau wahi i manao ai e holo?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I aku keia, "He kamaaina no ko makou mea nana i alakai mai, oia hoi kela wahi kanaka nana i olelo mai ia oe no Kauakahialii."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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