Kamalalawalu
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 Lonoikamakahiki can be viewed at low tide near the temples on Kahaluu Bay.
References
- ^ LEGEND OF KIHAPI‘ILANI
- ^ David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951
- ^ Kamalalawalu (Kama-lala-walu) (Mo'i, Ruler of Maui)
- ^ Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila, The Complete Ancestry of John Liwai Kalniopuuikapali-o-Molilele-ma-wai-o-Ahukini-Kau-Hawaii Ena
- ^ Glenda Bendure; Ned Friary (2008). Lonely Planet Maui. Lonely Planet. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-1-74104-714-1.
- ^ Piʻilani's family
- ^ The Stories of the Genealogies of Maui