E hana ʻoe i hoʻokahi kaʻau moena makaliʻi, hoʻokahi kaʻau moena pūʻao, a i hoʻokahi kaʻau paʻūpaʻū, a inā e paʻa ʻole iā ʻoe i ke anahulu hoʻokahi pepehi hou ʻia ʻoe e aʻu a ʻeha loa!” Kumu Kou, ʻao.18
Ma kēia noho ʻana, he nui loa nā kānaka o ka hale hoʻokahi, ʻehā kaʻau ka nui (ua like me 160 i ka hale hoʻokahi), pēlā a pau nā kaʻau hale ʻehā. Ka Moʻolelo no ʻUmi, 3:10
Ma mua o ka hoʻi ʻana, ua hāʻawi mua ʻia mai ka haʻawina lawaiʻa o lākou nei, a i ka hui pū ʻana o Pākaʻa i kona māhele a me kāna iʻa hopuhopu, ua hiki aku ka huina o kāna iʻa i ka ʻelua kaʻau. Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi o Pakaʻa a me Ku-a-Pakaʻa, ʻao.12
[hehele]ʻO ke komo a hele wāwae i loko o ka wai pāpaʻu no kekahi māhele hana pono mea ʻai. Ma ka lawaiʻa mōkūkū pāpaʻi i ka wai kai, he hana kaʻau pāpaʻi ia. No ka lawaiʻa ʻō heʻe i ka wai kai, he kaʻau heʻe ia. No ka hana mahi ʻai i loko ka loʻi kalo, he kaʻau loʻi ia. Mānaleo
Laʻana palapala:
Ua hele akula kekahi poʻe i ke kaʻau pāpaʻi ma ka ʻaekai o Kuloloia. Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, 20 Kepakemapa 1893