ʻO ke ʻano o kō lākou waʻa, ua like me ka heiau, a he ʻānuʻunuʻu aku ʻo luna; a ʻo ke kia o ua waʻa lā, ʻekolu kia, a manamana aʻela a hīhīmanu me he manō pahāha lā ke kihikihi, a he lāʻau lōʻihi ma ka ihu, a he mau puka waikī ma nā ʻaoʻao, a he mau puka ʻalohi ma hope. ʻO nā kānaka, he keʻokeʻo; ʻo ke poʻo, he poʻo kikihi; ʻo kō lākou kapa, ua humu ʻia a paʻa i ka ʻili, a he mau puka ma nā ʻaoʻao ma ke alo o nā ʻūhā ma nā ʻaoʻao; he kāmaʻa miomio ma nā kapuaʻi, he ahi ma ka waha a pua mai ka uahi ma ka waha me he ahi pele lā. Nā Hana Kupanaha a ʻĒleka ma ka ʻĀina Kamahaʻo
Piha pū ke awāwa o Waimea i nā leo kūpinaʻi e hoʻōho ana, no ka ʻike ʻana aku i ka moku a me nā kia, a me ka hīhīmanu o nā kia i nā iā, a āiwaiwa loa ka ʻuā. Nā Hana Kupanaha a ʻĒleka ma ka ʻĀina Kamahaʻo
He hīhīmanu ke ʻano o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻana o ia hale me nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole, ka poʻe hula, nā lei a me nā maka hanohano like ʻole o Hawaiʻi nei. He Moʻolelo Kaʻao no Kekūhaupiʻo
Ma ka hoʻomaopopo aku i kēia huakaʻi kaua a ko Hawaiʻi i ʻau mai ai i nā ʻale kāwahawaha o ʻAlenuihāhā, he huakaʻi hīhīmanu o ka hanohano, a e hele pū ana nō ma ia huakaʻi kaua nā aliʻi wāhine koko kiʻekiʻe o Hawaiʻi… He Moʻolelo Kaʻao no Kekūhaupiʻo, 1, 14:55-56