Keawe
See also: keawe
Hawaiian
editEtymology
editke (“the”) + awe (“strand, twisted string”), symbolic of lineage; shortened from epithets and compound given names beginning with Keawe-.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editKeawe
- (Hawaiian mythology) any of a number of ancient chiefs of the island of Hawaii
- a male or (formerly) female given name from Hawaiian
- a surname
Usage notes
edit- The most common name of Hawaiian men in 19th-century marriage records.
References
edit- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 389
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Keawe is the only name of 59 women and 207 men in 19th century marriage records.