Kamalalawalu Explained

Kamalālāwalu (Kama-lālā-walu = "Son of eight branches")[1] was the supreme ruler Aliʻi-ʻAimoku of Maui in ancient Hawaii,[2] known to us today from the old chants.[3] He was a great warrior chief and highly regarded for his leadership and resource management.[4] Kamalālāwalu invaded Hawaiʻi Island and engaged in a disastrous battle in Kohala. Kamalālāwalu was killed and his invasion force was decimated. His son Kauhi-a-Kama survived, returned to Maui and became its next ruler.[5]

He was the successor of his father, High Chief Kiha-a-Piʻilani[6] and Queen Kumaka and grandson of Piʻilani[7] and nephew of Queen Piʻikea.[8]

Kamalālāwalu married a woman called Piʻilaniwahine I[9] and their children were:

It was Kamalalawalu who gives the name Maui-of-Kama to the island.

Petroglyphs thought to depict the defeat of Kamalalawalu by Lonoikamakahiki can be viewed at low tide near the temples on Kahaluu Bay.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/hm/hm30.htm LEGEND OF KIHAPI‘ILANI
  2. [David Malo]
  3. Web site: Kamalālāwalu (Kama-lālā-walu) (Mo'i, Ruler of Maui) . 2015-07-16 . 2014-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503091621/http://www.kekoolani.org/Pages/Kekoolani%20Genealogy%20Database%20%28PAF%29/pafg60.htm#779 . dead .
  4. Book: Kamakau, Samuel . Samuel Kamakau . Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii . 1992 . Kamehameha Schools Press. Honolulu. 0-87336-014-1.
  5. Web site: Little Tales All About Hawaii. 2023-08-20. 2023-01-12. https://archive.today/20230112222425/https://staradvertiser.newspapers.com/clip/57281459/honolulu-star-bulletin/. bot: unknown.
  6. Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila, The Complete Ancestry of John Liwai Kalniopuuikapali-o-Molilele-ma-wai-o-Ahukini-Kau-Hawaii Ena
  7. Book: Glenda Bendure. Ned Friary. Lonely Planet Maui. registration. 2008. Lonely Planet. 978-1-74104-714-1. 242–.
  8. Web site: Piʻilani's family . 2015-07-16 . 2015-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150304045001/http://www.kekoolani.org/Pages/Kekoolani%20Genealogy%20Database%20(PAF)/pafg53.htm#654 . dead .
  9. http://www.mauiculture.net/mookuauhau/ The Stories of the Genealogies of Maui

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