ʻApelahama
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
Vernacular form of the biblical ʻAberahama (“Abraham”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
ʻApelahama
- a male given name originating from the Bible
References edit
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 181
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Apelahama (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 man.