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). _Ilamuka_ (i-la-mu-ku)--a constable. _Ilima_ (i-li-ma)--a woody shrub (Sida fallax, Hillebrand) whose chrome-yellow flowers were much used in making wreaths (p. 56). _Ilio_ (i-li-o)--a dog; a variety of hula (p. 223). _Imu_ (i-mu), sometimes _umu_ (u-mu)--a native oven, made by lining a hole in the ground and arching it over with stones (verse 3, Oli Pau, p. 51). _Inoa_ (i-no-a)--a name. (See Mele inoa.) Ipo (i-po)--a lover; a sweetheart. Ipoipo (i-po-i-po), _hoipo_ (ho-i-po)', or _hoipoipo_ (ho-i-po-i-po)--to make love; to play the lover; sexual dalliance. _Ipu_ (i-pu)--a general name for the Cucurbitaceae, and the dishes made from them, as well as dishes of coconut shell, wood, and stone; the drumlike musical instrument made from joining two calabashes (p. 73). _Iwa_ (i-wa, pr. i-va)--the number nine; a large black sea-bird, probably a gull (p. 76). _Kahiki_ (Ka-hi-ki)--Tahiti; any foreign country (p. 17). _Kahiko_ (ka-hi-ko)--ancient; to array; to adorn. _Kahuna_ (ka-hu-na)--a priest; a skilled craftsman. Every sort of kahuna was at bottom and in some regard a priest, his special department being indicated by a qualifying word, as _kahuna anaana_, sorcerer, _kahuna kalai wa'a_, canoe-maker. _Kai_ (pr. kye)--the ocean; salty. _I-kai_, to the ocean; _ma-kai_, at the ocean. _Kakaolelo_ (ka-ka-o-le-lo)--one skilled in language; a rhetorician; a councilor (p. 98). _Kamapua'a_ (Ka-ma-pu-a'a)--literally the hog-child; the mythological swine-god, whose story is connected with that of Pele (p. 231). _Kanaka_, (ka-na-ka)--a man; a commoner as opposed to the alii. _Kanaka_ (ka-na-ka), men in general; the human race. (Notice the different accents.) _Kanaenae_ (ka-nae-nae)--a propitiatory sacrifice; an intercession; a part of a prayer (pp. 16, 20). _Kanaloa_ (Ka-na-lo-a)--one of the four major gods, represented as of a dark complexion, and of a malignant disposition (p. 24). _Kane_ (Ka-ne)--male; a husband; one of the four major gods, represented as being a tall blond and of a benevolent disposition (p. 24). _Kapa_ (ka-pa)--the paper-cloth of the Polynesians, made from the fibrous bark of many plants by pounding with wooden beaters while kept moist. _Kapo_ (Ka-po)--a goddess and patron of the hula, sister of the poison-god, Kalai-pahoa, and said to be mother of Laka (pp. 25, 45). _Kapu_ (ka-pu).---a tabu; a religious prohibition (pp. 30, 57). _Kau_ (Ka-u)--"the milk;" a dist
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