Kamalalawalu

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Kamalalawalu (Kama-lala-walu = "Son of eight branches")[1] was an Alii nui of Maui in ancient Hawaii,[2] known to us today from the old chants.[3]

He was a son and successor of Chief Kiha-a-Piilani[4] and Queen Kumaka and grandson of Piʻilani[5] and nephew of Queen Piʻikea.[6]

Kamalalawalu married a woman called Piʻilaniwahine I[7] and their children were:

  • Kalakauaʻehu (son)
  • Paikalakaua (son)
  • Piʻilani-Kapokulani (daughter)
  • Kekaikuihaiaokekuʻimanono (daughter)
  • Umikalakaua (son)
  • Kaunoho I (son)
  • Kauhiakama (son and successor)

It was Kamalalawalu who gives the name Maui-of-Kama to the island.

Petroglyphs thought to depict the defeat of Kamalalawalu by can be viewed at low tide near the temples on Kahaluu Bay.

References[]

  1. ^ LEGEND OF KIHAPI‘ILANI
  2. ^ David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951
  3. ^ Kamalalawalu (Kama-lala-walu) (Mo'i, Ruler of Maui)
  4. ^ Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila, The Complete Ancestry of John Liwai Kalniopuuikapali-o-Molilele-ma-wai-o-Ahukini-Kau-Hawaii Ena
  5. ^ Glenda Bendure; Ned Friary (2008). Lonely Planet Maui. Lonely Planet. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-1-74104-714-1.
  6. ^ Piʻilani's family
  7. ^ The Stories of the Genealogies of Maui
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