| Kanipahu | |
| Chief of Hawaiʻi | |
| Spouse: | Hualani of Molokai Alaʻikauakoko (half-aunt) |
| Spouse-Type: | Consorts |
| Issue: | Kanaloa Kalahumoku I Kalapana of Hawaiʻi? |
| Father: | Kaniuhu, Aliʻi of Hawaiʻi Island |
Kanipahu was an ancient Hawaiian chief. He was of the Pili line.
Kanipahu was a son of Aliʻi Kaniuhu[1] and Hiliamakani.
After Kanipahu lived on Molokaʻi and it was discovered that he was a chief, he was taken (as husband) by Hualani, the ruling chiefess of Molokaʻi.[2] One of the neverforgotten fact of Kanipahuʻs descendants was this marriage. Hualani was the great-granddaughter of Nuakea, who was the granddaughter of Maweke. Beside Hualani, of Molakaʻi and Oʻahu descent above mentioned, he also married his half-aunt, Alaʻikauakoko, who at one time, whether previously or subsequently cannot now be ascertained, was the wife of Lakona of Oahu. With one of them he fathered two sons: Kanaloa—father of Kalapana of Hawaiʻi—and Kalahumoku I,[3] ancestor of Akahiʻakuleʻana.
David Malo said Alaʻikauakoko was the mother of Kalapana, making Kalapana Kanipahu's son instead of grandson. Malo skips this generation, showing Kalapana as the son of Kanipahu.[4]