Piʻikea
Hawaiian
editEtymology
editpiʻi (“to ascend”) + ke (“the”) + ea (“life”), literally “the life ascends”.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editPiʻikea
- (Hawaiian mythology) an ancient chiefess of Maui
- a female given name from Hawaiian
References
edit- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 396
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Piikea (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 6 women.