Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
kama (“man”) + puaʻa (“pig”), literally “pig man”
Proper noun[edit]
Kamapuaʻa
- (Hawaiian mythology) a lecherous demigod with pig and human form
References[edit]
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 386
