Inoa | Name(s)
Maui, Nā Hono aʻo Piʻilani, Maui o Kama, Maui Nui a Kama, Ihikapalaumaewa, Kulua
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mokupuni
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: 峾ܲDz; 峾ܲǰ; Koʻolau (Maui); Բ; ī貹ܱ; Kaupo; Kahikinui; DzԳܲʻܱ; Kula; Lahaina; ʻԲ貹; Pūʻali Komohana
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Pae ʻāina o Ჹɲʻ; Maui Nui
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He mokupuni kēia ma ka pae ʻāina o Ჹɲʻ. Kapa ʻia kēia mokupuni no ke kupua ʻo Māui. ʻO kekahi maui inoa o kēia mokupuni ʻO Nā Hono a Piʻilani, no ke aliʻi kaulana o kēia wahi, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Piʻilani, a lohe pū ʻia ʻo Maui Nui a Kama no ke aliʻi o Kamalālāwalu (Pūkuʻi & Elbert). Wahi a kekahi mele koʻihonua, ʻo Wākea lāua ʻo Papahānaumoku nā makua o kēia mokupuni. ʻO Ჹ첹 ke kuahiwi nui o Maui. He ʻekolu kai e puni ana iā Maui: ʻO ʻAlenuihāhā ke kai ma waena o Maui a me Ჹɲʻ, ʻO ʻAlalākeiki ke kai ma waena ʻo Maui a me ʻDZɱ, a ʻO Pailolo ke kai ma waena o Maui a me ѴDZǰ첹ʻ. Ua hānau ʻia ke aliʻi wahine ʻo Kaʻahumanu ma Բ ma kēia mokupuni. ʻŌlelo nui ʻia e nā kamaʻāina, ʻO Maui nō ka ʻoi. I kēia wā, aia he ʻehā mokupuni ma ke kalana o Maui, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Maui, ѴDZǰ첹ʻ, Բʻ, a me ʻDZɱ. ʻO ka pua lokelani ka pua i hoʻohanohano nui ʻia no Maui.
Description
Second largest island in the Hawaiian group, 48 miles long, 26 miles wide, with an area of 728 square miles and a population in 1970 of 38,691. Wai-luku is the major town and county seat. Maui High School is in Ka-hului. The county includes Maui, Lā-naʻi, Ka-hoʻolawe, and ѴDZǰ첹ʻ islands. Epithet: Maui o Kama, Maui of Kama (a famous ancient chief, also called Kama-lālā-walu). The island was named for the demigod Māui. (Place Names of Ჹɲʻ)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka mokupuni ʻo Maui. No nā kumuwaiwai pili i Maui a me nā mokupuni o ѴDZǰ첹ʻ, Բʻ, a me ʻDZɱ, e koho iā “Maui Nui” a i ʻole “Ke Kalana o Maui.” No nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke kupua ʻo Māui, e koho i ka huaʻōlelo “Māui.”
Instructions
Not to be confused with the akua Māui or Maui Nui (Maui is part of this group of islands)
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Kāne; Māui; ʻʻ; 峾첹ǰ첹ʻ; Pele; ᾱʻ첹첹DZDZ; Kamapuaʻa
Kanaka | Person: Kihapiʻilani; Piʻilani; Kamalālāwalu; Kahekili; Kaʻahumanu
Kūmole | Source(s)
ʻO Wākea Noho iā Papahānaumoku,” Traditions regarding the ancient Kings in Malo, David, and Mint Editions. Hawaiian Antiquities: Moolelo Hawaii. Berkeley: Mint Editions, 2021.
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.
Sterling, Elspeth P. Sites of Maui. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1998.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: , ,
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai