"Mālia paha he ʻōlelo waha wale iho nō kā ke keiki i pālau mai nei, a ke puni wale aku nei nō kākou." Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi o Kalapana, ʻaoʻao 43
Eia kekahi, inā i manaʻo kekahi e ʻōlelo pū me kekahi ma nā mea ʻoiaʻiʻo, inā i like ʻole ke ʻano ma hope me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, he nui nō nā mea ma laila: he hoʻopunipuni ka mua, he wahaheʻe, he ʻalapahi, he pālau, he kūkahekahe, he palolo, he kokahe, he pahilau, a me nā mea like he nui nō. Ka Moʻolelo Hawaiʻi, 21:6