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Hawaiian
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Proper noun
1.3
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Hawaiian
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Etymology
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kama
(
“
man
”
)
+
puaʻa
(
“
pig
”
)
, literally
“
pig man
”
Proper noun
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Kamapuaʻa
(
Hawaiian
mythology
)
a
lecherous
demigod
with pig and human form
References
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Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert,
Hawaiian Dictionary
, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 386
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