ʻ“Aʻole e maikaʻi inā hoʻohui ʻia ka lāʻau a ke kauka me ka lāʻau lapaʻau. No laila inā he lāʻau lapaʻau kāu e ʻai ana, ʻo ia wale nō ka lāʻau e ʻai ai. Emma Kauhi, ʻao.64 He Moʻolelo no Kapaʻahu
Ma Hawaiʻi nei, he ʻokoʻa iki nō ka inu ʻawa ʻana. He hoʻokupu no nā akua a me nā ʻaumākua, he lāʻau lapaʻau, a he mea inu nō hoʻi ka ʻawa. No Polenekia, ʻao.71 No Polenekia
Ua hōʻike mai ʻo ia i kekahi ʻano hana ʻana i ka pua hala ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau no ka maʻi lēpera, a ua ʻano like loa nō ia me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia ma kēia moʻolelo… Hiʻiaka, ʻao.159 Ka Moʻolelo o Hiʻiakaikapoliopele