A hāʻawi ʻia ka niho palaoa ma ka lima o ke kaikamahine a Kulukulua, he mea ʻē kona ʻoliʻoli i ka ʻike ʻana i ka mea hou, ua hana ʻia ka niho o ke koholā i lei aliʻi niho palaoa, a ua lelele ʻo ia me ke kani o ka ʻakaʻaka i ka pōmaikaʻi… Ka Moʻolelo no ʻUmi, ʻaoʻao 9:37
ʻO nā moku ʻō koholā naʻe nā moku i pōmaikaʻi loa ai ʻo Hawaiʻi nei, no laila, he pono iā kākou ke hana ʻoluʻolu aku a e ʻimi i pōmaikaʻi no lākou. Ke Aupuni Moʻī, Helu 125:5, ʻao 273
Ua kālai ʻia nā kiʻi ma nā paia pōhaku o loko. He pelikana ʻoe e lana ana i ke kai a e lele ana hoʻi i ka lewa, he naiʻa ʻoe, he koholā ʻoe, he sila ʻelepani ʻoe, a me nā nēnē ʻaukai, nā kolaka, nā ʻīlio a me nā ʻalopeka nō hoʻi. Ka ʻAilana o nā Naiʻa Polū, 14:106