ukase
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Perhaps the most convincing shred of evidence is the narrative’s term for the frozen ocean: Te tai-uka-a-pia, in which tai means sea, uka means ice, and a-pia means “in the manner of arrowroot.”
From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2021
Hookohu ka ua i uka, Noho mai la i Nuuanu. 5Anuanu, makehewa au Ke kali ana i-laila.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
He hula paha ko uka A dance perchance brings hither E lehulehu nei.
From Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands by Nordhoff, Charles
