| Ch.2 p.7 para.1 sent.1 | A nele ka makāula i ka ʻike i kāna mea e ukali nei, haʻalele kēia iā Kamaoha, hiki kēia i luna pono o Kaʻala, a ma laila ʻo ia i ʻike ai, e piʻo ana ke ānuenue i Molokaʻi. | When the seer failed to see the sign which he was following he left Kamaoha, climbed clear to the top of Kaala, and there saw the rainbow arching over Molokai. |
| Ch.6 p.36 para.6 sent.4 | Aia mai i laila ka nele a me ka loaʻa, no ka mea, inā nō paha ia e hōʻole mai, hoʻomano aku nō. | whether for failure or success; for, even if she should refuse, keep at it; |
| Ch.8 p.43 para.2 sent.5 | ʻAʻole naʻe au i ʻike aku iā Lāʻieikawai, akā, ʻo ka hale kaʻu i ʻike maka aku ai, ua uhi ʻia mai i ka hulu melemele o nā manu ʻōʻō, no laila, manaʻo nō au ʻaʻole e loaʻa, hoʻi ʻokoʻa mai nei me ka nele. | I did not see Laieikawai, but my eyes beheld her house thatched with the yellow feathers of the oo bird, so I thought I could not win her and came back here unsuccessful. |
| Ch.8 p.44 para.6 sent.5 | Akā, i hoʻi kakahiaka mai mākou i ka lā ʻapōpō, a laila, ua nele nō kaʻu mea i manaʻo ai, a laila, ʻo Kauaʻi ke alo, huli aku hoʻi.” | but if we come back to-morrow early in the morning, then my wishes have failed, then face about and turn the course to Kauai;" |
| Ch.9 p.47 para.1 sent.2 | Ua nele aʻela nō ka mea i manao ʻia ai e loaʻa iā lākou.” | they have failed to gain my wish." |
| Ch.9 p.47 para.3 sent.1 | ʻĪ akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua, “Nele aʻela kā i ka hānau mua, oki loa aku paha lākou.” | Said Aiwohikupua. "If the firstborn fails, the others perhaps will be worthless." |
| Ch.9 p.47 para.4 sent.2 | E hoʻāʻo aʻe ʻo Mailekaluhea i kāna loaʻa a i nele, a laila hoʻi kākou.” | let Mailekaluhea try her luck, and if she fails then we will go." |
| Ch.9 p.47 para.5 sent.2 | ʻŌlelo akula ʻo ʻAiwohikupua, “E hoʻāʻo aku hoʻi ʻoe i kāu loaʻa, a i nele, ʻo ia ihola nō.” | said Aiwohikupua, "Suppose you try your luck, and if you fail, all is over." |
| Ch.9 p.50 para.5 sent.2 | Ua nele aʻela nō kaʻu mea i makemake ai e lawe mai iā ʻoukou. | my cherished hope has failed in bringing you here; |
| Ch.9 p.50 para.7 sent.3 | Pono nō lā hoʻi ia inā ʻo wau kekahi i kiʻi aku nei iā Lāʻieikawai a nele ana lā hoʻi, a laila, pono kāu haʻalele ʻana iaʻu. | It is only fair that I, too, should have had a chance to win Laieikawai, and had I failed then you
would have a right to leave me; |
| Ch.13 p.68 para.5 sent.3 | A i nele ʻoe ma kēia hele ʻana āu, a laila, lilo kou mau ʻāina iaʻu. | and should you lose in this journey then your lands become mine, |
| Ch.15 p.77 para.2 sent.3 | ʻAʻole au e nele ana i koʻu makemake, no ka mea, aia aku lā i oʻu mau kaikuahine ke kiaʻi o kaʻu mea e manaʻo nei.” | I shall not fail of my desire; for my sisters are now guardians of her on whom I have set my heart.'' |
| Ch.20 p.104 para.6 sent.5 | ʻO ia ka manawa o kāua e ʻike ai i ko nele a me ka loaʻa.” | that is the time for us to determine whether you lose or win." |
| Ch.23 p.123 para.6 sent.1 | A lohe ʻo Maliʻo i kēia ʻōlelo, hoʻi akula a haʻi i kona kaikunāne, me ka ʻī aku, “Ua nele aʻe nei kāua i kēia lā. | When Malio heard this she returned to her brother and said, "We have failed to-day, |
| Ch.24 p.127 para.6 sent.1 | I kēlā manawa a Kekalukaluokēwā i ʻike aku ai e kau mai ana ʻo Halaaniani me Lāʻielohelohe i luna o nā manu, a laila, manaʻo aʻela ʻo Kekalukaluokēwā i kona nele iā Lāʻielohelohe. | When Kekalukaluokewa saw Halaaniani and Laielohelohe resting on the birds, he thought he had lost Laielohelohe. |
| Ch.24 p.127 para.7 sent.2 | Inā ua hāʻawi aku ʻo ia i kona ihu e honi aku iā Halaaniani, ka mea aʻu i kauoha aku ai ʻaʻole e lilo i ka mea ʻē aʻe, a iā ʻoe wale nō e laʻa ai ka ihu o kuʻu moʻopuna, a laʻa pū nō hoʻi me kona kino, a laila, ua nele kāua i ka wahine ʻole. | if she has given Halaaniani a kiss, the thing which I forbade her to grant, for to you alone is my grandchild's kiss devoted — if she has defiled herself with him, then we lose the wife, |
| Ch.31 p.170 para.5 sent.5 | Akā hoʻi, ua ʻike nō wau he mau akua like ko kākou a pau, ʻaʻole mea nele. | But I know that every one of us has a god, no one is without; |
| Ch.32 p.174 para.5 sent.4 | Akā, i kēia noho aupuni ʻana, ua lilo ka pōmaikaʻi i ka mea ʻē aʻe, no laila, ua nele wau, no ka mea hoʻi, ua hāʻawi aʻe nei kēlā i nā moku a pau i ou kaikuahine, koe hoʻi wau, ka mea nāna kāna wahine i wahine ai. | but in settling the rule over the islands, the gain has gone to others and I have nothing. For he has given all the islands to your sisters, and I have nothing, the one who provided him with his wife; |
| Ch.32 p.175 para.8 sent.1 | ʻĪ aku ʻo Kapūkaʻihaoa, “I ʻae aku au e lilo ʻoe i ka mea ʻē no kuʻu nele i ka haʻawina waiwai o ko kāne, no ka mea, ma kuʻu maka ponoʻī nei nō ka waiwai a ko kāne i hāʻawi aʻe ai, a ʻo wau nō ke kū. | Said Kapukaihaoa, "I allowed you to be another's because your husband gave me no gifts; for in my very face your husband's gifts were given to others; there I stood, |
| Ch.32 p.176 para.3 sent.3 | Akā, ua haʻi malū aku naʻe ʻo Lāʻielohelohe i ke kiaʻi hale aliʻi i ke kumu o kona hele ʻana, a no ka nele o ko ke aliʻi makemake, hoʻi akula ʻo ia i luna. | Now Laielohelohe had secretly told the guard of the chief's house why she was going. And failing in his desires he returned above. |