Lei Momi o Ewa
Sarah Keliʻilolena Nākoa
Softcover, 32 pp.
He wahi puke nō kēia e kākau ʻia e kahi wahine mānaleo kūpaʻa mau i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Sarah Keliʻilolena Nākoa. He kupa ua wahine lā o ka ʻāina nani lua ʻole ʻo ʻEwa. He puke nō kēia e haʻi ana i nā moʻolelo hoʻokaulana i ia wahi ʻo ʻEwa. Ua paʻi mua ʻia kēīa puke i ka makahiki 1979, a paʻi hou ʻia akula i ka makahiki 1993. He puke ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi wale nō kēia. ʻAʻole i unuhi ʻia ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekane. ʻO kekahi o nā moʻolelo i kākau ʻia i loko o nei puke, ʻo ia nō ʻo Ke Kiʻowai ʻo Honokawailani, Nā Pāpaʻi o nā ʻEwa, a ʻo Kaluaʻoʻopu.
Lei Momi o ʻEwa, written by a beloved mānaleo and Hawaiian language teacher, Sarah Nākoa, tells the famous stories of the ʻEwa area. This book was first published in 1979, and published again in 1993. Lei Momi o ʻEwa is written only in Hawaiian with no English translation. Some stories in this book are Ke Kiʻowai ʻo Honokawailani, Nā Pāpaʻi o nā ʻEwa, and Kaluaʻoʻopu.