ʻElia

See also: Elia

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔeˈlia/, [ʔeˈliə]

Proper noun

ʻElia

1. Elijah (biblical character).
   • 2012 Baibala Hemolele, Malaki 4:5-6 (tr. KJV Malachi 4:5-6):

     Aia hoʻi, e hoʻouna aku au iā ʻElia ke kāula i o ʻoukou lā, Ma mua mai o ka hiki ʻana o ua lā nui weliweli lā o Iēhova. A e hoʻohuli aʻe ʻo ia i ka naʻau o nā mākua i nā keiki, A me ka naʻau o nā keiki i nā mākua, O hele aku paha auaneʻi au, A hahau i ka honua i ka hōʻino ʻana.

     Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD; And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

2. a male given name originating from the Bible

References

• Ka Baibala Hemolele
• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 182
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Elia (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 men.