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Ka Kaao O Laieikawai (The Legend of Laieikawai)

By Henry M. Whitnky

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Title: Ka Kaao O Laieikawai (The Legend of Laieikawai)  
Author: Henry M. Whitnky
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Language: Hawaiian
Subject: Non Fiction, World History and History of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, etc., Hawaiian History
Collections: Authors Community, Education
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Publisher: Hawaiian Historical Society
Member Page: Hale Kuamoʻo Hawaiian Language Center

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M. Whitnk, B. H. (n.d.). Ka Kaao O Laieikawai (The Legend of Laieikawai). Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/


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Ua hoopuka ka mea nana i pai keia buke me ka olioli nui, ka makamua o ka hoao ana e hoolako i buke hoona-nea na na kanaka Hawaii. Ua loaa mua mai ia kakou na buke kula o na ano he nui wale, a he nui no hoi na buke i hoolakoia mai na kakou, e hoike mai ana ia kakou i ka pono a me ka hewa; aka, o ka buke mua nae keia i paiia na ka poe Hawaii nei, ma ke ano hoikeike ma ke Kaao i na mea kahiko o keia lahui kanaka, me ka aua mai hoi mai ka nalowale loa anaku o kekahi o na moolelo punihei a la-kou. E hoike ana iloko o na huaolelo maikai wale i na olelo a me na hana a kekahi o ko Hawaii kaikamahine wa-hine maikai a punahele no hoi, a na ia mea no hoi e kokua mai i ka noho mau ana o ke aloha o na poe o Hawaii nei, no ko lakou mau kupuna a me ko lakou aina. E lawe hoi ano, i keia wahi buke uuku, a e hoike ia ia ma ke ano o kona loaa ana mai, e heluhelu, a e malama hoi ia ia, e hoike ana i kou iini i ka naauao Haawii, me kou makaukau mau no hoi e kokua aku ia mea, i ku mau ai. He mea nui no ka hapai ana i ka mea nana e hoomaa-maa mai ia kakou ma ka heluhelu ana, me ka hoonanea pu mai no hoi i na minute noho hana ole o ko kakou noho ana; nolaila, i ka hoomaka ana a ka mea nana i pai i keia buke, e hoomakaukau ia ia no ka hele anaku imua o keia lahui, ua hilinai oia i ke kokua nui mai o na makamaka a pau o ka naauao iwaena o keia mau pae moku; a na ia manao wa- le iho no i hooikaika mai ia ia ma ke kupaa ana mamuli o kana mea i manaolanai e hana aku, iloko o na pilikia he nui wale e alai mai ana. Akahi no a haawiia i ka lahui Hawaii, ka buke e pili ana i ka hoonaneaku i ka noho ana, e like me ka na haole, he mea ia nana e hanai mai i ko kakou mau manao i ka ike a me ka naauao. Ua hiki ia kakou a pau ke hui mai ma ka malama ana a me ka hoo-holomua aku hoi i keia wahi buke, he kumu ia e hapai hou ia mai ai i mau buke hou na keia lahui, ma kana olelo iho—ka olelo Hawaii. A nolaila la, e na makamaka a pau o ka naauao a me na keiki kupa no hoi o Hawaii nei, mai ka la hiki a ka la kau, eia mai Kawahineokaliula, ke hele aku la imua o oukou me ke aloha, a e pono hoi ke hookipa ia ia me ka aloha makamae o ka puuwai Hawaii. Aloha no !

Excerpt
Na makua o Laieikawai. Ka olelo paa a Kahauokapaka imua o Malaekahana. Hapai o Malaekahana. Ka hele ana iuiua o ke Kahuna. Hele o Kahauokapaka i ka lawai-a. Hanau o Malaekahana, a kapaia iho la o Laieikawai, hanau hou mai la a kapaia kona inoa o Laielohelohe. Ka hoi ana mai o Kahau-okapaka. Ka noho ana o Laieikawai i Waiapuka. Ka hiki ana mai o ka Makaula i Oahu mai Kauai mai. Hiki ka Ma-kaula i Waiapuka.

 
 



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