| Ch.1 p.6 para.2 sent.2 | ʻŌlelo ihola ka makāula i loko ona, “He mea kupanaha! | Then he said to himself: "This is a strange thing. |
| Ch.4 p.23 para.1 sent.1 | ʻĪ akula ke kuhina o ke aliʻi ma hope iho o ka pau ʻana o ke mele ʻana, “He mea kupanaha! ʻAʻole hoʻi āu wahine a kāua e noho nei, akā, i loko o kāu mele e heluhelu nei, me he wahine lā kāu.” | Said the counsellor to the chief, after he had ended his singing, "This is strange! You have had no woman since we two have been living here, yet in your song you chanted as if you had a woman here." |
| Ch.6 p.36 para.6 sent.1 | ʻĪ maila kona kuhina, “He mea kupanaha! | Said his counsellor, "This is strange, |
| Ch.8 p.41 para.2 sent.1 | Hele mai ʻo Hinaikamalama a ma kahi a ʻAiwohikupua mā e lana ana, ʻī akula ka wahine, “He mea kupanaha! | Hinaikamalama came thither where Aiwohikupua and his men floated. Said the woman. "This is strange! |
| Ch.9 p.47 para.2 sent.1 | ʻĪ maila kona kuhina, “He mea kupanaha loa iā ʻoe. | Said the counsellor. "This is very strange! |
| Ch.11 p.59 para.5 sent.5 | A no ka ʻike ʻana aku o Kahalaomāpuana i kēia mau mea, a he mea kupanaha ia i mua o ke kaikamahine malihini, hāʻule akula ʻo ia i ka honua me ka naʻau ʻeʻehia. | And when Kahalaomapuana saw this, then it seemed marvelous to the stranger girl, and she fell to the ground with trembling heart. |
| Ch.21 p.109 para.4 sent.1 | I kēlā manawa i lilo aku ai ʻo Lāʻieikawai ma ka lima o Halaaniani, ʻōlelo akula iā Halaaniani, “He mea kupanaha! | When Laieikawai was in Halaaniani's arms she said, "This is strange! |
| Ch.21 p.109 para.8 sent.5 | Ke haʻi ka nalu i kēia wahi, he mea kupanaha. | a wave here would be strange; |
| Ch.23 p.120 para.3 sent.2 | A pau kā lākou pihe uē, ʻōlelo maila ʻo Kahalaomāpuana, “He mea kupanaha, iā kākou e uē nei, ʻo ka hāmama wale iho nō kā koʻu waha, ʻaʻole a kahe mai o ka waimaka, ʻo ke kaea pū wale aʻela nō ia, me he mea lā, i pania mai ka waimaka.” | After their lament, said Kahalaomapuana, "This is a strange way to cry; you open your mouth wide, but no tears run; you seem to be dried up, as if the tears were shut off." |