Lei Lokelani

Ua ʻike maka au

ʻikemaka

—to see personally; to see with one’s own eyes

to see for yourself

• I was an eyewitness
• I saw with my very own eyes
• I saw for myself
• I saw with my own eyes.
• I have seen with my own eyes

I ka nani o ia pua

• The beauty of that aforementioned flower (that i’m gonna talk about)
• The beauty of that aforementioned flower (of that one that I’m gonna talk about)

Pua hoʻohihi naʻu

pua

flower → person

hoʻohihi

cherished; enraptured; to take a fancy to; captivated by

to admire → to like a lot; enraptured; to take a fancy to something

naʻu

(1) mine, my, belonging to me

(2) kālele ʻākena: as done by me

(1) for me

(2) belonging to me

(3) by me kālele ʻākena actor-emphatic

Naʻu i hoʻohihi i ia pua

It is I who have…

• I am enraptured by the flower
• My flower to cherish
• A flower that captivates me
• My cherished flower – for me

• [A / the] flower I have taken a fancy to
• A flower that causes me to feel enraptured
• A flower for me to adore

Puia i ke ʻala

puia

saturated with fragrance, permeated

suffused into the air; permeating the air

• permeated lit., due to the fragrance
• by the, with the
• Permeated with [sweet] fragrance

Aʻu i kui [ai] a lawa

lawa

(1) enough; satisfied, etc

(1) finished; enough

• this is a kāhulu pepeke koho – purposeful action
• a + doer + action. you must use two māka painu
• and if no second māka painu, use «ai» to wrap it up
• pattern: a + doer + action* *2 māka painu are required
• if no 2nd māka painu, then use «ai»
• kāhulu pepeke koho — purposeful action
• which I strung until finished

• continuing from previous line…
• which I strung until enough
• (2) held fast, bound securely
• (2) tightly bound, secure

I lei noʻu e haʻaheo ai

i lei noʻu

as a lei for myself

noʻu

focus: going to wear it

for me o-class: part of me (wearing)

cf., naʻu

focus: that he made

a-class: that I made

i [he] lei → i lei

as a lei

e haʻaheo ai [au]

kāhulu pepeke kumu-hopena

• pattern is a kāhulu pepeke kumu-hopena
• cause: as a lei for me to wear
• effect: e haʻaheo ai [ au ]
• as a lei which makes (me) feel proud
• As a lei for me… — the cause…

• (cause and effect)
• …that makes me proud

Lei lokelani

Lei aloha, lei makamae

lei aloha

a beloved lei; a lei of love

lei makamae

a precious darling lei

• lei of love, a precious lei

Ua nani kuʻu ʻāina

• My beloved land is beautiful — (Pepeke Painu ʻAʻano)
• Beautiful is my beloved land — (Pepeke Painu ʻAʻano)

Nā kāhiko lua ʻole

nā kāhiko

the adornments, the finery

lua ʻole

without equal, without compare unique

without equal; unique

• The incomparable adornments

O Maui-nui-a-Kama

o

of-belonging to

cf., ʻo

marker. “named”

name marker. “named”

a-class → rulership

Kama-lālā-walu

cf., Moku-o-Keawe

o-class: focus: of-belonging, location

cf., Oʻahu-a-Lua

a-class: focus: created by

cf., Molokaʻi-nui-a-Hina

a-class: focus: created by

cf., Kauaʻi-o-Mano-o-ka-lani-pō

focus: being there

• Alt. wording in the notes: «Maui-nui-a-Kama»
• The Great Maui of Kamalālāwalu
• (ruled by)
• cf., Moku-o-Keawe
• cf., Oʻahu-a-Lua
• cf., Kauaʻi-o-Mano-o-ka-lani-pō
• Alt. wording in the notes: «Maui-nui-a-Kama»
• lit., Great Maui of Kama

Home o nā pua

pua

fig., decendants; lokelani flowers; ancestors, people

nā pua

fig., the people, descendants

• Home of the flowers

Kaulana ʻoe e Maui

• You are famous, Maui
• Famous you are, Maui

Nā Hono-a-Piʻilani

hono

bay;

cf., hana

bay;

cf., hana—bay (older term)

Piʻilani

a great Maui chief; a grandfather of Kamalālāwalu

a great chief of Maui, a grandfather of Kamalālāwalu

Kilakila Haleakalā

• Majestic is Haleakalā
• as spoken: Kilakila ʻo Haleakalā

Ma ka hikina

• In the east – where the sun rises (ka hiki ʻana o ka lā)
• in the east