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nī.ʻau kani

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

n. A true jew's harp, made of a thin strip of wood, about 10 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, with a coconut midrib (nīʻau) or bamboo strip lashed lenghtwise; played something like the ʻūkēkē. Ka-mehameha's return from Oʻahu to Hawaiʻi was called ka nīʻau kani because of the sound of the wind rustling the feathers of the many kāhili escorting him. Cf. ʻūkēkē. Lit., sounding coconut midrib.

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