| Wa&_macron;
‘Akahi
‘Ole&_macron;
Ka Makua
Ha&_macron;nau ka ‘Ole&_macron;,
‘o ka ‘Ole&_macron;‘ole&_macron; ka&_macron;na keiki, puka |
First Epic
‘Ole&_macron;
The Parent
The ‘Ole&_macron; gives birth,
the ‘Ole&_macron;‘ole&_macron; emerges |
| ‘Apu
no ka Lani no Pai‘ea no Li&_macron;loa e&_macron;
Mai loko mai ‘o Na&_macron; Mele ‘Aimoku,
na Hawaiian Historical Society
‘Apu no ka lani no Pai‘ea no Li&_macron;loa
e&_macron;,
He ‘ula koa‘e koa he koa‘e mai Nihoa mai,
Ho‘olono ‘ia ku&_macron; kani a ka pu&_macron; aleale e&_macron;,
Kani ka pu&_macron; e ho‘a&_macron;noano,
Ko ke kapu o ke ali‘i,
Kapu ka&_macron;hea i kona ka ‘awa,
Ka ‘awa kopu lani pe‘ape‘a ke ali‘i,
Ka ‘awa ko‘o ma&_macron;kolokolo ma&_macron;kua lima,
Ono, hiku, walu, iwa, ka lani Wai‘ale‘ale,
A inu ka ‘awa o ke ali‘i. |
‘Apu no ka Lani
no Pai‘ea no Li&_macron;loa e&_macron;
From Na&_macron; Mele ‘Aimoku, by Hawaiian
Historical Society
The heavens snatch up Pai‘ea and
Li&_macron;loa,
A red warrior koa‘e is a koa‘e from Nihoa,
The call is summoned for the aleale shell,
The pu&_macron; is blown so that they may be awe-struck,
For the sacredness of the kings,
The sacred call for his ‘awa,
The heavenly ‘awa surrounding the king,
The crawling reaching ‘awa for the fifth,
Six, seven, eight, nine to the heavens of Wai‘ale‘ale,
To drink the ‘awa of the king. |
| Kekahi
‘Ike Hou A‘e
Inoa Hawai‘i: ‘Ole&_macron;, ‘Ole&_macron;‘ole&_macron;, Pu&_macron;kani
Inoa Peleka&_macron;nia: Triton’s Trumpet
Inoa ‘Epekema: Charonia tritonis
Kona ‘ano: He pu&_macron;pu&_macron; loloa a nui ko ke&_macron;ia i‘a. Ua
ho‘oha&_macron;likelike ‘ia na&_macron; waiho‘olu‘u o ka ‘ole&_macron; me na&_macron; hulu o ka manu
kolohala. ‘Alani ‘o loko o ke&_macron;ia pu&_macron;pu&_macron; aka&_macron; palaunu a ke‘oke‘o ‘o waho.
‘Ai ke&_macron;ia pu&_macron;pu&_macron; i na&_macron; pe‘ape‘a palupalu a ‘o&_macron;kala.
‘Ikepili Hoihoi: Ho‘ohana ‘ia ke&_macron;ia pu&_macron;pu&_macron; ma ke ‘ano
he pu&_macron; kani, ke ho‘opuka ‘ia ka pu&_macron;pu&_macron; hakahaka a puhi ‘ia e kekahi
kanaka, kani maila a ho‘ohana ‘ia ke&_macron;ia kani e ho‘a&_macron;koakoa i ka po‘e. |
More Information
Hawaiian Name: ‘Ole&_macron;, ‘Ole&_macron;‘ole&_macron;, Pu&_macron;kani
English Name: Triton’s Trumpet
Scientific Name: Charonia tritonis
Description: This shell is long and big. The colors
of the ‘ole&_macron; have been compared to the feathers of the pheasant.
The inner color of this shell is orange and the outside is white
and brown. This shell eats starfish both soft and hard and spiky.
Interesting Fact: This shell is used as a trumpet.
When a hole is made into the empty shell and someone blows into
it a sound is made by the shell. This is the sound used to gather
people. |