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s., Kino and akalau, The spirit or ghost of a person not yet dead. See wailua, akalau and kinowailua. NOTE.—There were persons formerly, mostly priests, who pretended to see the ghosts or souls or spirits of others while still living, and would inform the living persons that they had seen their spirits, and that it was a sign of some great calamity about to befall them; this the priests did to extort something valuable from them. I aku la kela (ke kahuna), ua ike au, he hele ino ana kou kinoakalau, he (the priest) said, I have seen your spirit going about in sadness; i aku la au, heaha ka pono? I said, what is proper to be done? I aku la kela, he ilio keokeo paha, he kapa keokeo, he hee, he kala, he weke, he (the priest) said, a white dog perhaps, or a white kapa, or a squid, or a kala (a fish), or a were (also a fish.) One or more of these was required by the priest that he might appease the ghost, and escape death.