Ka Elele, Volume 2, Number 17, 12 December 1846 — NA IXOA HAWAII. [ARTICLE]

NA IXOA HAWAII.

Pīemahema loa na inoa o kanaka Hawaii; eia ka mea e hemahemaai, o ka huikau o na inoa kane a me na inoa wahine. Aole pela ma na aina naauao; ua kaawale loa na inoa kane a me na inoa wahine malaila. Eia kekahi man inoa kane, o loane, Wilama, Rohata, Aberehama, Da-

vida, Isaaka, Solomona, a pela aku no, he nui wale. Aole hoi i kauia neia mau inoa i na wahine; lie mea hilahila loa ia ke hana pela. Eia na inoa wahine, o Mere, o Marea, Sarai, Rebeka, Kebora, Karalaina; a pela aku, he nui wale. Ma Hawaii nei, he inoa kane o Kalama a he inoa wahine hoi; pela hoi o Kahele, o Kahuna, o Hepav a me na inoa a pau; aole kaawale na| inoa kane a me na inoa wahine. He mea hemahema loa ia; no ka mea,i a lohe ka pepeiao i kekahi inoa,| haohao ka manao, he kane paha, he, wahine paha.