Nānā UliHawaiian Meteorology

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Kamehameha Pai‘ea

• Pai'ea • Thunder and

lightning, The cry of a babe

• Cold wind and rain; Born on this night,

• A comet shines above A royal son, called

• Kohala! Pai'ea! • Kohala! Pai'ea!

Kamehameha Pai‘eaKamehameha was born on a stormy night at Kokoiki in Kohala, on the island of Hawai'i. Exactly when he was born is not known. It may have been in November, for November is the month of rain, thunder and lightning.

A bright star with a long tail appeared during Kamehameha’s birth. That kind of star is a comet. Astronomers know that Halley’s comet was seen in 1758. It is probable that Kamehameha was born in November 1758.

Nānā Uli

• Halekamahina – hill in Kapoho (Puna, Island of Hawai‘I)– Nānā Uli– Kilo makani– Nānā ao

Signs appear to everyone, but only wise people notice them

Kumukahi and Makanoni

SPACE - LEWAThe highest stratum of space, lewa, is the lewa lani;the place below the lewa lani — equidistant from the sky downward and

the earth upward — was called ka ho‘oku‘i, the juncture, or

ka ho‘ohalawai, the meeting; this was named

Kamaku‘ialewa (The joining place of space).

Below Kamaku‘ialewa, and close to the circle of air that

surrounds the earth [the atmosphere] is Keapoalewa (The ring of space).Below (malalo o) Keapoalewa, in (maloko o) the atmosphere where birds

fly, is the lewa nu‘u.The space in which a man's legs dangle as he holds onto a branch of a

tree is called the haka-a-lewa (ladder to space).If a man stands on the ground and lifts up one foot, leaving the other on

the ground, this is called lewa ho‘omakua (a space established), because of the one foot remaining on the ground.

The Works of the People of OldSamuel Manaiakalani Kamakau http://www.mauna-a-wakea.info/maunakea/J1_terms.html

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