Meke
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ʻO Meke ka ʻano kahiko kuʻuna kāhua o ka Polenekia hulahula. ʻO kahi huaʻōlelo ia o nā huaʻōlelo "maka" (Rotuman) a me "mele" i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi ʻolelo. Hoʻāʻā pinepine ʻia ia i ka wā hoʻolauleʻa a me nā ʻoliʻoli. Mea maʻa mau ka haʻaʻana e hoʻohui pū i ka meke nō palapala i hanaʻia e nā pūʻulu o na kanaka wale a me na wahine wale, nae, haole ololi, e like me ka mea poʻe Tonga maʻuluʻulu lilo i ka Fijian vakamalolo, ua akaka ma.
Ua kākau ʻo Friedrich Ratzel i kāna puke 1896 ʻO Ka Mōʻaukala o Nā Kānaka (ʻŌlelo Pelekania: The History of Mankind), e pili ana i ka Pihian meke he mele a me ka hulahula, he hapa wale nō i hāʻawi ʻia e hana a nāna ka poʻe e hana, e ʻōlelo ana e hana lākou i loko o ka honua uhane kahi o ke akua aʻo ke ao iā lākou i ke mele a me ka hulahula kūpono. Ua kākau ʻo ia ka poetry kūpono o ka Fijian poeta kēlā me poʻomanaʻo paukū e pau ana me ka hoʻohālikelike like ʻole o ke hoʻoana maʻamau, ka mea e hana pinepine ʻia me ka palapala laikini ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā pōkole pono ʻole a i hoʻolōʻihi ʻia, a me ka hōʻole ʻole i nā ʻatikala.