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  • Ia manawa, iloko o ka wa hiamoe o Laieikawai, i nana iho ka hana o ke kupunawahine, he kane e keia a ka moopuna e moe pu ana, ka mea a ke kupunawahine i ae ole ai.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Olelo ae la ka moopuna, "O Kekalukaluokewa no hoi."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Hai mai la ka moopuna, "Ua hiki mai o Kapukaihaoa i o'u nei ma ka moeuhane, e olelo mai ana, e ahai loa oe ia'u i Hawaii a hoonoho ma

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Alaila, hoala aku la o Laieikawai i kona kupunawahine, a ala ae la, ninau aku la ke kupunawahine i kana moopuna i ke kumu o ka hoala ana.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ua hoolohe no kana moopuna i ke kauoha a ke kupunawahine.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia la a po, mai ka po a ao, a awakea, he mea haohao loa ia Waka no kana moopuna, no ka mea, ua olelo mua aku oia i kana moopuna mamua o kona hoouna ana aku e launa me Kekalukaluokewa.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I ka hiki ana o Kalahumoku ua ilio ai kanaka o Tahiti imua o kana moopuna (Aiwohikupua), "E pii oe i keia la e luku aku i o'u mau kaikuahine," wahi a Aiwohikupua, "a e lawe pu mai ia Laieikawai."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • A no keia mea, hoala ae la o Waka i ka moopuna, a ala ae la, ninau iho la ke kupunawahine, "Owai keia?"

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • "E kuu loa ae oe i na maka o ko moopuna mai kona hoopulouia ana, no ka mea, ke ike nei wau ua oi aku ka maikai o kau milimili, mamua o na kaikamahine kaukaualii o Molokai nei a me Lanai."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • I ka manawa nae a Laieikawai i hoike ai i kona mau maka mai kona hunaia ana e kona kupunawahine, luliluli ae la ke poo o ke kupunawahine, aole a hoike kana moopuna ia ia iho, no ka mea, e lilo auanei ka nani o kana moopuna i mea pakuwa wale.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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