The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1922-06-20

and shutting like a crabs; you talk
too much" -
Pohaku eleku: A stone easily brok-
en-. Hence a good for nothing, cow
ardly person.
Havana ka heenalu, hal ka papa:
The awkward surfrider breaks the
board. Applied to those who under
take something with which they are
not familiar.
Hapala ia i ka hawena: Daubed
with white. Applied to a grey-headed
man who has but little sense. (That
is, he is old and has grey hair but
he has nc ~sense.)
Mai noho a makamaka lilo, ka hu-
clio ka ike: Don't be friends with the
dog, for the tail will show it. Applied
to disreputable acquaintanceships. 1t
has also been given as He makamaka
lilo, ala ka / ka huela. A dog friend, he
shows it by his tail. That is, he's
a dog of a friend; he dosen't show
his friendship by greeting you as a
man should; he only shows that he
knows you by a darling glance-a
wag of the tail.
kahiki ka puka e ka upena mana l
The entrance is stopped with a spid-
ers web. 2. Entangled in the mesh of
the spiders web. Applied to a person
who is slandered.
He ~aIamakahinu: A creased fore
head. Applied to a person who goes
frequently to a chief for favors.
He a"lamakahinu: A creased path
way.
He alamakahinu Ike ALI: Name of
a stone at Maiao, fiat and shining;
applied to a d%isobedient child"
ke hui mel kale ka navajo: The
eatable and the worthless taro are
mixed; hence, good and evil joined.
Pail Ike kua, mahina Ike alo: A back
straight as a precipice; a front round
as the moon. A favorite phrase in
praise of a well formed person.
Lila ka maia no ca; will ka oka'i:
The banana looks withered but it has
an excellent flavor. That is, it looks
better than it seems.
Lila maia no ka ca: The withered
banana of the banana grove. Refers
to a withered person.
Haumanumanu e ka ipu inoino e:
How full of holes is that dirty Gala
bash. Said of a homely person.
IA hee o kai uli kapae Ike alaala:
The squid of the deep blue sea has
a peculiar bunch. While plumpness
is admired, excessive corpulence is
ridiculed by such phrases as this.
IA publ o Ike ale, ahu ka olo: Thai
eel from the deep sea is all wrinkled
up. Applied to a nan with a double
chin.
Phi ka thu o ka naia ka makani:
The porpoise always hold his nose
up to the windward. An allusion tC
the manifestations of rising anger
ku Ike ehu o ma wahi auwaa Iiilii
How the spray dashes up before that
fleet of little canoes Applied to ar
angry person who is tuning around
Similar to our tempest in a teapot
Lele liilii ka lehu o kapuahi: He is
scattering the ashes of the fireplace
A hit at a quarrelsome or angry per
son.
Makaala Ike kanaka kuhea manu-
Watchful the man who ensnares birds
Mai makemaka wahine, ka upo ks
ola: Beware of a woman's friendship
it lives only with tears.
Me he makani hulilua la, Hull ks
manao-heIe ka noonoo-Mele: Like
a shifting wind, the mind changes.
Corrections Being Made
Some of these Hawaiian proverbs
and sayings may not be correct. The!
have not been studied as yet. But
these together with all that can be
got together will be examined care
fully and the best ones published
Many of the best sayings are uset
in every day conversation and have
never been written down. These are
the ones that the Museum is especial
ly anxious to obtain; together witt
those that you find in your readinl
or those that are in the old meles.