| 496 | Hāʻupu mauna kilohana i ka laʻi. | Hāʻupu, a mountain outstanding in the calm. |
| | [Said of a person of outstanding achievement. Also used in praise of Hāʻupu, Kauaʻi.] |
| 532 | He aliʻi ka laʻi, he haku na ke aloha. | Peace is a chief the lord of love. |
| | [Where peace is, there love abides also.] |
| 917 | He pō walea, he ao walea i ka laʻi. | A night enjoyed, a day enjoyed in the calm. |
| | [Peace brings undisturbed nights and days.] |
| 1424 | Ka laʻi loa a Kamaluohua. | The long peace of Kamaluohua. |
| | [Said of the long period of peace enjoyed by this chief of Maui after his retum from Kauaʻi. He and others had accompanied the chief of Hawaiʻi there to make war. They were defeated, but their lives were spared by Kūkona, ruler of Kauaʻi, and they were kindly treated. After a while the defeated chiefs plotted to tum against Kūkona, but Kamaluohua refused to hurt their kind benefactor. As a reward for his loyalty, he and the others were permitted to go home to their respective islands. Kamaluohua spent the rest of his days in peace. The saying was later used to refer to permanent peace after a period of trouble.] |
| 1425 | Ka laʻi o Hauola. | The calm of Hauola. |
| | [Peace and comfort. There is a stone in the sea at Lahama, Maui, called Pōhaku-o-Hauola, where pregnant women went to sit to ensure an easy birth. The umbilical cords of babies were hidden in crevices in the stone.] |
| 1462 | Ka makani kā ʻAhaʻaha laʻi o Niua. | The peaceful ʻAhaʻaha breeze of Niua that drives in the ʻahaʻaha fish. |
| | [The ʻAhaʻaha breeze begins as the Kiliʻoʻopu in Waiheʻe, Maui, before reaching Niua Point in Waiehu. It is a gentle breeze and the sea is calm when it blows. Fishermen launch their canoes and go forth to fish, for that is the time when the ʻahaʻaha fish arrive in schools.] |
| 1685 | Ke awa laʻi lulu o Kou. | The peaceful harbor of Kou. |
| | [Honolulu Harbor.] |
| 1844 | Kona, kai ʻōpua i ka laʻi. | Kona, where the horizon clouds rest in the calm. |
| 1865 | Kūhela kāhela i ka laʻi o Lele. | Stretched out full-length in the calm of Lele. |
| | [Said of a sleeper stretched out in a careless manner.] |
| 1939 | Laʻi Hauola i ke kai māʻokiʻoki. | Peaceful Hauola by the choppy sea. |
| | [Peace and tranquility in the face of disturbance.] |
| 1940 | Laʻi ke keha o ka nohona. | One can boast of a peaceful life. |
| 1941 | Laʻi lua ke kai. | The sea is very calm. |
| | [All is peaceful.] |
| 1999 | Like nō i ka laʻi o Hanakahi. | All the same in the calm of Hanakahi. |
| | [There is unity; all are as one. A play on kahi (one) in the place name Hanakahi.] |
| 2245 | Nā kupa heʻe ʻĀhiu i ka laʻi o Kahana. | The native sons who surf in the ʻĀhiu wind in the peaceful land of Kahana. |
| | [Said in admiration of a native of Kahana, Oʻahu. In the days when Hiʻiaka traveled to Kahana as a woman, surfing was done there only by the chiefs. The ʻĀhiu is a well known wind of Kahana.] |
| 2248 | Nā laʻi a Ehu. | The calm regions of Ehu. |
| | [The districts of Kona, Hawaiʻi, where Ehunuikaumanamana once ruled. Also, an epithet for Kalākaua, taken from a name chant.] |
| 2276 | Nani ka waiho a Kohala i ka laʻi. | Beautiful lies Kohala in the calm. |
| | [An expression of admiration for Kohala, Hawaiʻi, or for a person with poise and charm — especially a native of that district.] |
| 2469 | ʻO ko Kona mau nō ia ʻo ka laʻi. | Calm is typical of Kona. |
| | [Said of a Kona person who is always poised and calm.] |
| 2808 | Ua laʻi ka makani Hoʻolua. | The Hoʻolua gale has calmed. |
| | [One’s wrath has ceased. Also, the trouble is now passed.] |
| 2809 | Ua laʻi ka nohona i ke alo pali. | There is tranquility before the face of the cliff. |
| | [Perfect peace.] |
| 2902 | Waialua, ʻāina kū pālua i ka laʻi. | Waialua, land that stands doubly becalmed. |
| | [Said in admiration for Waialua, O’ahu, where the weather was usually pleasant and the life of the people tranquil.] |
| 2908 | Waiho kāhela i ka laʻi a ahiahi ehuehu mai. | There he lies in the calm, but when evening comes he will he full of animation. |
| | [He is quiet now, but by and by you’ll find him full of life.] |