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Kī ʻokakawa

hoʻokahi ʻokakawa ma lalo o ka mea i kākau ʻia

Ma ka palapala mele

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He aha kona manaʻo

ʻO ka 8 liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ke kī kiʻekiʻe: kani hoʻokahi ʻokakawa ma lalo. Pēlā e kākau ʻia ai nā leo tenor a me ke kīkā — inā ʻaʻole, pono lākou i nā laina kōkua i nā manawa a pau.

Nā hōʻailona ʻokakawa

Hana kūʻē ka hihia hope. ʻO ka ʻewalu liʻiliʻi ma lalo o ke kī kiʻekiʻe, ʻaʻole ia no kekahi ʻāpana akā no ka hana holoʻokoʻa, a kū ia ma kahi kokoke i kēlā me kēia pepa leo kīkā: ʻo ka mea i kākau ʻia ma laila, kani ia hoʻokahi ʻokakawa haʻahaʻa aʻe. Kani like nā kiʻi ʻelua ma ʻaneʻi — kū wale ke mele ʻākau i hoʻokahi ʻokakawa kiʻekiʻe aʻe ma ka pepa, no ka mea huki hou ke kī iā ia i lalo.

Kī kiʻekiʻe: kani e like me ke kākau ʻana
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Kī me ka ʻewalu: kani hoʻokahi ʻokakawa haʻahaʻa aʻe
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Nā ʻaoʻao pili

Na Anotona e hana i kēia nāu

E kiʻi i ke paʻi kiʻi o ka pepa mele a i ʻole e hoʻokani i ke mele — ʻike ʻo Anotona i ke kī, kākau i nā leo, a lawe iā lākou i kekahi kī ʻē aʻe. Manuahi.

E nānā iā Anotona

Ua helu ʻia kēlā me kēia leo ma kēia ʻaoʻao; ʻaʻole i kope ʻia mai kahi ʻē.