Inoa | Name(s)
Maui, Nā Hono aʻo Piʻilani, Maui o Kama, Maui Nui a Kama, Ihikapalaumaewa, Kulua
Hiʻona ʻāina | Land characteristic: Mokupuni
Hiʻona ʻāina o loko o kēia wahi | Feature(s) located within this place: Hāmākualoa; Hāmākuapoko; Koʻolau (Maui); Hāna; Kīpahulu; Kaupo; Kahikinui; Honuaʻula; Kula; Lahaina; Kaʻanapali; Pūʻali Komohana
Hiʻona ʻāina nona kēia wahi | Feature(s) that contain this place: Pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi; Maui Nui
Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo
He mokupuni kēia ma ka pae ʻāina o Hawaiʻi. Kapa ʻia kēia mokupuni no ke kupua ʻo Māui. ʻO kekahi maui inoa o kēia mokupuni ʻO Nā Hono a Piʻilani, no ke aliʻi kaulana o kēia wahi, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Piʻilani, a lohe pū ʻia ʻo Maui Nui a Kama no ke aliʻi o Kamalālāwalu (Pūkuʻi & Elbert). Wahi a kekahi mele koʻihonua, ʻo Wākea lāua ʻo Papahānaumoku nā makua o kēia mokupuni. ʻO Haleakalā ke kuahiwi nui o Maui. He ʻekolu kai e puni ana iā Maui: ʻO ʻAlenuihāhā ke kai ma waena o Maui a me Hawaiʻi, ʻO ʻAlalākeiki ke kai ma waena ʻo Maui a me Kahoʻolawe, a ʻO Pailolo ke kai ma waena o Maui a me Molokaʻi. Ua hānau ʻia ke aliʻi wahine ʻo Kaʻahumanu ma Hāna ma kēia mokupuni. ʻŌlelo nui ʻia e nā kamaʻāina, ʻO Maui nō ka ʻoi. I kēia wā, aia he ʻehā mokupuni ma ke kalana o Maui, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, a me Kahoʻolawe. ʻO ka pua lokelani ka pua i hoʻohanohano nui ʻia no Maui.
Description
Second largest island in the Hawaiian group, 48 miles long, 26 miles wide, with an area of 728 square miles and a population in 1970 of 38,691. Wai-luku is the major town and county seat. Maui High School is in Ka-hului. The county includes Maui, Lā-naʻi, Ka-hoʻolawe, and Molokaʻi islands. Epithet: Maui o Kama, Maui of Kama (a famous ancient chief, also called Kama-lālā-walu). The island was named for the demigod Māui. (Place Names of Hawaiʻi)
ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi
E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai pili i ka mokupuni ʻo Maui. No nā kumuwaiwai pili i Maui a me nā mokupuni o Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, a me Kahoʻolawe, e koho iā “Maui Nui” a i ʻole “Ke Kalana o Maui.” No nā kumuwaiwai pili i ke kupua ʻo Māui, e koho i ka huaʻōlelo “Māui.”
Instructions
Not to be confused with the akua Māui or Maui Nui (Maui is part of this group of islands)
Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy
Akua | Deity: Kāne; Māui; ʻAiʻai; Nāmakaokahaʻi; Pele; Hiʻiakaikapoliopele; Kamapuaʻa
Kanaka | Person: Kihapiʻilani; Piʻilani; Kamalālāwalu; Kahekili; Kaʻahumanu
Kūmole | Source(s)
ʻO Wākea Noho iā Papahānaumoku,” Traditions regarding the ancient Kings in Malo, David, and Mint Editions. Hawaiian Antiquities: Moolelo Hawaii. Berkeley: Mint Editions, 2021.
Pukui, Mary Kawena. ’Olelo No’eau : Hawaiian Proverbs & Poetical Sayings. Honolulu, Hawai’i: Bishop Museum Press, 1983.
Sterling, Elspeth P. Sites of Maui. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1998.
Hoʻopili ʻia i | Applied to: Nā wahi kapu o Maui, The Maui news, 1900-2000: 100 years as Maui’s newspaper, Sites of Maui, He moʻolelo no Maui Hikina–Kalialinui i uka a me nā ʻāina o lalo = A cultural-historical study of East Maui–the uplands of Kalialinui, and the lands that lie below, island of Maui, A brief history and commentary on the pineapple industry of Maui, Hawaii.
Mea haku | Created by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o Ka Wai Hāpai