Hiʻiaka

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hawaiian Hiʻiaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈiːjəkə/

Proper noun

Hiʻiaka

1. (Hawaiian mythology) Any of the twelve sisters of the volcano goddess Pele, especially the youngest, whom Pele was given to raise.
   • 1989, Rita Knipe, The Water of Life: A Jungian Journey through Hawaiian Myth, University of Hawaii Press, page 146,

     When Hi‘iaka, Lohi‘au, and her companion began their return trip, the forty days allowed by Pele had passed. Most of Hi‘iaka’s chants during the homeward journey have a recurrent refrain of sorrow, for by now she had a vision of Pele’s treachery.

   • 1989, Hi‘iaka, entry in Robert D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 60,

     Once there, Hi‘iaka learned that Lohi‘au had died out of grief for the woman (Pele) who had danced before him. Hi‘iaka was able to restore his spirit and life. Now they had [to] face the return voyage, and already the forty days had passed.

   • 2015 [2008 M. E. Sharpe], Josepha Sherman, Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), unnumbered page,

     Hi‘iaka and Pele had several sisters, all of whom shared the name Hi‘iaka followed by a different description. The other sisters always used their full names unless grouped together, as in "the Hi‘iaka sisters." Only Hi‘iaka-i-kapoli-’o-Pele^{[Hi‘iaka in the bosom of Pele]} individually shortened her name to Hi‘iaka.

2. (astronomy) The larger, outer moon of the dwarf planet Haumea.
3. A female given name from Hawaiian
4. A male given name from Hawaiian
5. A unisex given name from Hawaiian

See also

• Namaka

Anagrams

• haikai

Hawaiian

Etymology

hiʻi (“hold, carry”) +‎ aka (“essence, embryo”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhi.ʔiˈa.ka/, [ˌhi.ʔiˈjɐ.kə]

Proper noun

Hiʻiaka

1. (Hawaiian mythology) Any of the twelve sisters of the volcano goddess Pele, especially the youngest and favorite one.
2. a female given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to men
3. a male given name from Hawaiian
4. a unisex given name from Hawaiian
5. (astronomy) A moon of Haumea.

Descendants

• → English: Hiʻiaka

See also

• Nāmaka

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 383
• Mary Kawena Pukui, etc, Nānā i ke Kumu, volume 2, Hui Hānai 1979, →ISBN, page 146
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Hiiaka (in the old spelling) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 woman and 3 men.