ʻO ka manaʻo o ka hua'ōlelo "'ōpiopio" he paʻakikī e wehewehe ma ka'ōlelo hoʻokahi. Eia hou, hikiʻole ke hanaʻino wale i kaʻoiaʻiʻo wale nō, akā ua hoʻopunipuniʻia hoʻi. Peheaʻoe e hoʻomaopopo ai i kahi kanaka pseudobrothal mai kēia manawa aku?
ʻO ka mea mua, e wehewehe i keʻano o ia mea,ʻo kēia hanaʻino a me keʻano o ke kanaka e hiki ke kapaʻia he hanaʻino. Ma keʻano laulā,ʻo ka hua'ōlelo "hōʻinoʻino",ʻo ka'ōlelo mua i kaʻino a me ka hoʻowahāwahā. Akā, i loko o kā mākou hua'ōlelo, ua loaʻa kēia manaʻo i kekahiʻano'ē aʻe. Inā kapaʻia he kanaka'ōpiopio, hiki iā ia ke noʻonoʻo me keʻano koa a me ka paʻakikī, akā,ʻaʻole hanaʻino. Eia hou, i kēia kanaka he manawa mau no ka mea pohihihi a me ka mea pohihihi. Hiki i nā kāne male ke lanakila i nā wāhine me ko lākou ikaika, kūponoʻole a me kēlā kāne kāne kūlike i loaʻa i nā "meaʻino wale nō". He mea paʻakikī ke haʻalele i kēlāʻano kanaka a aneane hikiʻole iā ia ke hōʻole. ʻOiai inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaka i ka huhū i kahi wahine me konaʻano hoʻowahāwahā, e loli ana kēiaʻano me ka manawa, no ka mea, eʻikeʻia konaʻano paʻakikī e like me ke kāne. Ma hope o ka mea e like me ia, manaʻo paha kekahi wahine ma hope o kekahi pā pōhaku. ʻOiai, no ka mea,ʻo kēia mau kāne,ʻaʻole lākou i makemake i nā mea'ē aʻe, akā,ʻo nā mākua a me nā mea'ē aʻe o ka wahine ikaika. ʻO ko lākou paʻakikī,ʻo kekahi mau mea lapuwale a me nā mea pupuhi, nā mākua e makaʻala, a huhū nā kāne no ka huāhuā. Uaʻikeʻiaʻo nā kānaka kānalua, paʻakikī a me nā hiʻohiʻona e like me nā wāhine, no ka mea, pēlā keʻano o ka mana. A maopopo i nā poʻe'ē aʻe, he pono i nā poʻe'ōpiopio i ka pono a me ka huhū iā lākou. ʻOiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole nā kānaka e hōʻoia i kēia a wehewehe i kā lākou hana ma ka hopohopoʻana i kou mau manaʻo a me kou palekana, no ka mea ma muli ouʻaʻole he kauā.
Akā hoʻi, e ho'ākākaʻia, ma mua o ka hoʻokae maoliʻana i ka hoʻokekewa maoli. ʻO ka mea mua, he mea pono e hoʻomaopopo i ka hana o ka pseudobrothal i kāna mau palaualelo a me kāna mau mea lapuwale. Hoʻomau pinepineʻo ia i kāna mau'ōlelo hoʻowahāwahā i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa, a me ka hōʻino i kekahi. Eia kekahi, pili kēia i nā wā i ka wā'ōpio i loko o ka hui kanaka. Akā, e pono kokeʻoe e kākau i kahi palapala a hoʻomaopopo hoʻi i nā'ōpio e pili ana iā ia heʻoi aʻe,ʻoihana a nāwaliwali paha. Ināʻike kēia kanaka'ōpio i ka mana o ka hua'ōlelo a me ka lima i maopopoʻole i konaʻaoʻao, hiki ke piʻi koke ka haʻanohu a pau, a ke noho mālie loa a me ka maʻalahi. ʻO kēlā kanaka wale nō ke'ōlelo wale aku no ka meaʻo ia he macho a he mea pale nui. A,ʻo ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo kēia mau kānaka pseudobrothal e lele mua i ka wā e hele mai ai kekahi i kahi ala pouli. Eia kekahi, ke hana nei lākou pēlā ke kokoke mai kona kaikuahine. Ma hope o ia hihia,ʻo ia,ʻo ia nō ka mea e haʻi mau nei i nā moʻolelo kupanaha e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ia iho. A ma lailaʻo ia ma muli o nā taleni kākau a me ke aloha o ke kaikamahine, e manaʻoʻiʻoʻo ia iā iaʻaʻole paha. Eia kekahi, nā'ōpio o kēiaʻano manaʻo a me keʻano, hiki ke hōʻeha i ka wahine aiʻole e hāpai i kona lima. Manaʻo lākou ma kēiaʻano, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo lākou i ko lākou ikaika a me ka palekana a ke ho'āʻo pinepine nei hoʻi e hōʻoia i kā lākou hana ma nā maka o haʻi. ʻO lākou, i kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole i lawa ka ikaika a me kaʻike e loaʻa ai ka hoa hakakā pono. Akā, pono lākou e hōʻoiaʻiʻo mau iā lākou iho a me nā mea'ē aʻe i ko lākou'ūpili a me ke kāne. ʻO nā kamaliʻi maʻamau ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa pinepine i nā'ōhumu'ōhumu mai nā mea likeʻole aʻaʻole pono e hoʻolohe iā lākou, aiʻole e lawe mai iā lākou i ka wai maʻemaʻe. Akā ua manaʻoʻiʻo kekahi mau kaikamāhine i kahi'ahameka o kahi mea hana, kahi a lākou eʻike pinepine ai aʻeha. ʻAʻole kēia he mea kānalua, no ka kohoʻana i ke kāne, makemake ka wahine e palekana a aloha, a loaʻa iā ia kekahi kanaka hikiʻole ke hana i kekahi mea a ke hōʻoiaʻia e kona nawaliwali.
ʻAʻole loa e kau ka lima o ke kanaka huhū i ka wahine. Hiki keʻikeʻia kona paʻakikī ma keʻano, nā'ōlelo, nā hōʻailona, ka piliʻana i ka kāne kāne, akā, no kēlā kanaka e hahau i kahi wahine, aia ma lalo o kona kiʻekiʻe. ʻIke maoli kahi kanakaʻoʻoleʻa i kona pono pono'ī, no laila,ʻaʻoleʻo ia e komo i loko ona i nāʻano a pau a me ka hikiʻole. Eia wale, hanaʻo ia e like me kona makemake a noho mau e like me ia. Uaʻikeʻia konaʻano paʻakikī a me ke kāne i keʻano o nā lole, nā kaʻa āna i makemake ai e neʻe, keʻano o ka'ōlelo, ke nānāʻana, a me ka neʻe. I kēia kanaka, ua nānāʻia kēia mau mea a ua manaʻoʻia he kūpono loa. ʻAʻoleʻo ia e ho'āʻo eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi aʻoi paha ka hewa ma mua o konaʻano pono'ī. ʻAʻole nā malihini ka poʻe malihini i nā manaʻo, akāʻo ka pōʻai o ka mea kokoke loa - uaʻike ka elite e pili ana iā lākou. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka poʻe maʻalahi,ʻaʻole lākou eʻaneʻane e like me ka huhū. ʻO ka mea wale nō, maʻaʻole lākou i ka hoʻokomoʻana i nā manaʻo a hana e like me ko lākou makemake. ʻAʻole loa lākou e hana i kekahi mea e hōʻoia i ko lākou ikaika i nā poʻe'ē aʻe,ʻo lākou paha a he mau kaikamāhine paha. ʻO nā poʻe'ōpio ke koho a hana lākou e like me ia.
ʻO keʻano o ka hua'ōlelo "'ōhumu kanaka"ʻo ia e hiki i kekahi manawa ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kanaka maoli e hiki ke kū mau i luna nona iho a pale aku i ka mea āna e aloha ai. Aʻaʻole e makemake ka mea hoʻomāinoino i nā mea a pau no konaʻano haʻaheo, pololei a, pinepine, hoʻowahāwahā,ʻike maoli nā poʻe kama'āina he kanaka maikaʻiʻo ia, ka mea āu e hilinaʻi ai ma nā mea. ʻAʻoleʻo kāna hana hoʻomāinoino i ka liʻiliʻi, akā he mea hou. Aʻo ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo kēia mau kāne he mau kāne kāne a he mau mākua kāne lākou. ʻOiai, me ka manawa kūpono lākou a maʻalahi a hoʻomaha, akā,ʻo ka mana o ke kāne a me ka maikaʻi ka noho pū me lākou no ke ola.