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in Hawaiian, I do not try to pronounce it too easily. IÓve run out of practice. However, <br />the son, Kaneekauewilani was eventually the husband of Keakealaniwahine and he was a <br />grandson of Kakuhewa. Now, at that time, the kapu wohi was the most exalted rank in <br />OÒahu and was not used in HawaiÒi at that time. And, so, when Keakealani and her <br />husband were united, he invested in her the kapu wohi from Oahu; <br />privileged to invest that in her descendants. <br />M. ROY:May I ask you, how is that kapu conveyed? Is it a tangible form of <br />conveyance, or otherwise? <br />D. ROY:A kapu is never tangible as such. It is an intangible cultural aspect <br />and a rank held by the aliÒi. <br />M. ROY:Would you indeed say spiritual? <br />D. ROY:Very much so. <br />M. ROY:Would you define kapu moi? <br />D. ROY:A kapu moi would mean that you would have to prostrate, <br />prostrate yourself in the presence of any of belongings of the aliÒi that bore that rank, <br />such as Kalaniamaumau, who received it from Keakealaniwahine at <br />Kaluaokalani. <br />M. ROY:To repeat and to be clear, did you say that that kapu was received <br />at Kaluaokalani? <br />D. ROY:That kapu was invested in Kaiamamau at Kaluaokalani, that is <br />where Keakealaniwahine lived. <br />M. ROY:And to be correct, was that the kapu wohi then? <br />D. ROY:That was the kapu wohi but the kapu moi was invested by <br />Keakealaniwahine to Kahiamamau. The kapu moi, the kapu wohi, the kapu wohi, excuse <br />me, was invested in her grandchild, Keaumokunui Kalanikeaumoku, and he was the first <br />recipient of that kapu. And the second after that was, I think, IÓm not sure if it was <br />invested in the father, but it was eventually invested in Kamehameha and in all of his <br />family. Now they bore that rank, kapu wohi. The meaning of the <br />it never has to bow down to any member of the rank, kapu moi. S <br />the kapu moi came by or the chief came by, they stood up in his <br />have to bow like the others. That was a significance of the kapu wohi; and that his back <br />was also kapu, and they could never climb his back or walk behind his back. <br />M. ROY:So to be clear that I understand, youÓre saying that in the presence <br />of a chief with the rank, kapu moi, someone with the investment <br />kapu wohi rank had the right to remain standing. Is that correct? <br />26 <br /> <br />