Pauahi
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
From pau (“end”) + ahi (“fire”). Made famous by the last heir of Kamehameha, Bernice Pauahi Bishop, named after an aunt who had been saved from a fire as a child.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Pauahi
- a female given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to men
- A name ascribed to a star.
References edit
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986, page 320
- Mary Hannah Krout: The Memoirs of Hon. Bernice Pauahi Bishop, 1908, BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2008, →ISBN, pages 19-20
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Pauahi occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 7 women and 13 men.