Piʻikea

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Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

piʻi (“to ascend”) +‎ ke (“the”) +‎ ea (“life”), literally “the life ascends”.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pi.ʔiˈkea/, [pi.ʔiˈkɛə]

Proper noun[edit]

Piʻikea

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) an ancient chiefess of Maui
  2. a female given name from Hawaiian

References[edit]

  • Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 396
  • Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Piikea (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women.
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