Pauahi

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /pau̯ˈa.hi/, [pəwˈwɐ.hi]

Proper noun

Pauahi

1. a female or (sometimes) male given name from Hawaiian
2. a name ascribed to a star

References

• 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.