na Noenoe Wall & Helen Desha Beamer
Papa Mele S202608, Week 7 · 15 October 2026
Nā Huaʻōlelo · Lyrics
Paukū 1
Hanohano Pauahi i ka uhiwai
Me ka ua kilihune o ke kuahiwi
Hone ana ē ka leo o ke kelepona
E kono mai ana iaʻu e kipa aku
Paukū 2
Launa pū me nā hoa aloha
Ia home hoʻokipa pumehana
Hoʻohihi nā manu i ka laʻi
Hoʻolaʻi nā malihini i ka nani
Paukū 3
E ake ana e ʻike iā Papaloa
A he loa a he loa mai hoʻi kau
Ia home kaulana o ia uka
Moani ana ke ʻala o nā pua
Paukū 4
Mea ʻole ke alanui kīkeʻekeʻe
I ka holu mālie hoʻi a ka Jeep
Hea aku nō au, ō mai ʻoukou
Nā pua lei aloha a Kinuē
Nā pua lei aloha a Kinuē
No kēia mele · About this mele
This mele was written for the family of Arthur Greenwell to commemorate a 1948 family and friends trip up the mountain to see the family retreats named Pauahi and Papaloa.
He Hoʻolauna · Background from class
Paris family connection → Walls, Greenwells
Wall Ranch – Kāināliu
Papaloa and Pauahi – Greenwell-era names. Started out as dairies. Then became ranch outposts, places for cowboys to stay.
- Kinuē
- Greenwell
Ka Wehewehe ʻana · Line-by-line breakdown
Paukū 1
Hanohano Pauahi i ka uhiwai
- hanohano
- glorious, magnificent
- Pauahi
- the mountain cabin
- the name of the mountain cabin
- uhiwai
- comb., uhi—to cover over +wai—water
- i ka uhiwai
- in the heavy mists
- a foggy facial—Elsbeth a misty rain
- = Hanohano ʻo Pauahi
- ← conversational version
- = Hanohano ʻo Pauahi …
Me ka ua kilihune o ke kuahiwi
- me
- together with
- ka ua kilihune
- the fine rain
- o ke kuahiwi
- of the uplands Mauna Loa
- of the ridegetops, of the mountain of the uplands
- me ka ua kilihune
- together with the fine rain
- kilihune
- a type of rain. very fine
- near “Pūlehua” Ranch / Puʻulehua cinder cone
Hone ana ē ka leo o ke kelepona
- hone
- sweet sounding
- sweet and soft, as a sound
- ana
- māka painu e—ana
- māka painu e—ana, progressive
- ē
- vocative particle
- carrying the sound/message
- ka leo o ke kelepona
- the voice of the telephone
- ka leo
- the voice
- o ke kelepona
- the telephone
E kono mai ana iaʻu e kipa aku
- kono
- to invite
- to invite someone to come
- iaʻu
- to me
- e kipa aku
- to visit (people)
- to visit people +
- dir., away
- cf., holo i, huakaʻi i, hele i, …
- to visit (a place)
- aku
- dir., away from viewpoint
- mai
- directional. towards viewpoint
- cf., holo i…, hele i… , huakaʻi i…
- to visit a place
Paukū 2
Launa pū me nā hoa aloha
- launa
- to hang out with someone to socialize
- to be at leisure while being sociable
- pū
- together with
- me
- (same)
- nā hoa aloha
- the friends
Ia home hoʻokipa pumehana
- ia home
- the aforementioned home “the place where the heart is”
- hoʻokipa
- to entertain guests
- lit., to make people visit
- to entertain guests, be hospitable
- pumehana
- warmly
- warm
- i
- at…
Hoʻohihi nā manu i ka laʻi
- hoʻohihi
- to be enraptured with to take a fancy to something
- to take a fancy to sth, to admire …
- nā manu
- the birds.
- fig., the people
- i ka laʻi
- in the calm (esp, high), serentity a place with no troubles
- in the calm and stillness (esp. high) feeling of a place with no troubles away from everything else
Hoʻolaʻi nā malihini i ka nani
- hoʻolaʻi
- “to chill” making a relaxing environ.
- lit., to create calm
- calming, to make calm “to chill”
- nā malihini
- the visitors
- the visitors, the guests
- i ka nani
- in the beauty
- in the beauty (of that place)
Paukū 3
E ake ana e ʻike iā Papaloa
- e — ana
- inprogress
- ake
- lit., liver → to desire, to yearn to want to do something
- to wish, to desire; to want to do something
- e ʻike
- to see
- iā Papaloa
- Papaloa
- Papaloa (the other cabin)
- cf., makemake
A he loa a he loa mai hoʻi kau
- a
- and + a sound for fun
- he loa
- a long (way)
- a distance, a long way a long path
- «mai hoʻi kau»
- emphatic. oh so, how very
- It’s a long long way
- a long long way
- «… mai hoʻi kau» — emphatic. oh so…, how very…
- «mai» brings it to the speaker
- e.g., «he nani mai hoʻi kau»
- it’s just so incredibly beautiful in my opinion
Ia home kaulana o ia uka
- [ i ]
- optional. to
- ia home
- the aforementioned home
- kaulana
- famous
- o ia uka
- of that aforementioned upland
- of the aforementioned uplands
Moani ana ke ʻala o nā pua
- moani
- to waft, wafting
- wafting
- e — ana
- progressive/ongoing
- ke ʻala
- the fragrance
- the fragrance
- fig., spirit, essence, friendliness
- o nā pua
- of the flowers.
- fig., the people, fam the descendants → Greenwells growing on the land
- of the flowers
- fig., the people of the place contrast w/manu flying in the descendants
Paukū 4
Mea ʻole ke alanui kīkeʻekeʻe
- mea ʻole
- no big deal; like nothing no obstacle
- like nothing; “no big deal”
- ke alanui
- the road (for a car)
- cf., ke alahele
- pathway for walking
- kīkeʻekeʻe
- zig-zagging, crooked, winding
- winding, twisting, crooked
- cf., kekeʻe
- crooked, bent
- cf., alahele
- pathway (for people)
I ka holu mālie hoʻi a ka Jeep
- i ka …
- in the…
- holu
- swaying, springy action (softness)
- swaying, bumping gently along the road
- mālie
- gentle
- gentle or slow and steady
- hoʻi
- indeed, also
- also
- a
- of-created by
- ka GP (General Purpose vehicle)
- Jeep
- GP general purpose vehicle — Jeep
Hea aku nō au, ō mai ʻoukou
- hea
- to call out
- to call out;
- cf., kāhea
- aku
- dir., away
- dir., away from viewpoint
- nō
- indeed
- au
- I
- ō
- to answer, reply.
- lit., Ō!
- to answer or reply with the sound «ō»
- the response
- ʻoukou
- all you folks
- e ō mai
- respond to me
Nā pua lei aloha a Kinuē
- nā pua lei
- the lei flowers, the flowers of the lei the descendants of the Greenwell fam.
- the lei flowers lei
- fig., the family
- aloha
- beloved
- loving
- a
- created by
- of created by
- Kinuē
- Greenwell
Nā pua lei aloha a Kinuē
Same line as above — see the breakdown there.
Nā Wikiō Papa · Class videos
Coming soon. The edited class video for this mele is being prepared and will appear here.