He mea paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i kahi pilina pili aloha i nele loa i ka lili. ʻAʻole ia he mea maʻamau ka noʻonoʻo ʻana, akā, ʻo ka mea lili ʻole ʻaʻole aloha ʻoiaʻiʻo i kāna hoa. No laila, pili pinepine nā manaʻo ʻelua.

ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka lili he pane ia i ka hoʻoweliweli i hanaʻia e ke kolu o ke kanaka ma kahi pilina i pili ai mākou. ʻO ia ka makaʻu o ka ʻike ʻana i kāna hoa e hauʻoli ʻia e kekahi kanaka, a no laila ʻo ka makemake e mālama i kāna pilina, ʻo ia ke kumu o kēia manaʻo.¹. Ma kēia ʻano, ʻo ka lili he mea liʻiliʻi ia o ke aloha i ka hoa pili ma mua o ka makemake e mālama iā ia. Inā hoʻokomo pinepine ka manaʻo o ke aloha i ka manaʻo o ka loaʻa ʻana, ʻaʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo ka hoʻohuli ʻana, a no laila ʻaʻole ʻo ke aloha e wehewehe pololei i ka lili.

M.-N. Schurmans, "Jalousie", Dictionary of violence, 2011