Hinakaimauliʻawa Explained

Hinakaimauliʻawa (also spelled as Hina-kai-mauli-ʻawa) was an ancient Hawaiian High Chiefess,^[1] a Princess of Koʻolau Range on the island of Oahu. She was a member of the royal house of Maweke, who was of Tahitian ancestry,^[2] and also the first cousin of very High Chiefess Nuʻakea of Molokai.^{[3] [4]}

Her parents were Chief Kalehenui of Koʻolau and his spouse, Chiefess Kahinao (Kahinalo).^{[5] [6]} Hinakaimauliʻawa is their only known child mentioned in the chants and was named after goddess Hina.

Hinakaimauliʻawa married a man named Kahiwakapu (Ka-hiwa-ka-ʻapu), whose parents are unknown.

The only known child of Hinakaimauliʻawa and her husband was Princess Mualani of Koʻolau, a successor of her mother.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Bishop Museum Press, 1984.
2. https://apps.ksbe.edu/kaiwakiloumoku/Maweke Māweke, A Voyaging Aliʻi
3. Web site: Family of Maweke . 2016-05-07 . 2016-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160827093248/http://www.kekoolani.org/pages/kekoolani%20genealogy%20database%20%28paf%29/pafg83.htm#1253 . dead .
4. [Kalākaua]
5. Kamakau, Samuel Manaiakalani, Ka Nupepa Kuokoa (Newspaper). 1865 Ka Moolelo O Hawaii Nei. Translated by Mary Kawena Pukui.
6. Kamakau, Samuel M. Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii (Revised Edition), Appendix Genealogies (Kamehameha Schools Press, Honolulu, Hawaii 1961).
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20160316224945/http://www.kekoolani.org/Pages/Kekoolani%20Genealogy%20Database%20(PAF)/pafg68.htm#883 Family tree of Hinakaimauliawa