Kamalalawalu

Kamalalawalu (Kama-lala-walu = "Son of eight branches")[1] was an Alii nui of Maui in ancient Hawaii,[2] known to us today from the old chants.[3]

He was a son and successor of Chief Kiha-a-Piilani[4] and Queen Kumaka and grandson of Piʻilani[5] and nephew of Queen Piʻikea.[6]

Kamalalawalu married a woman called Piʻilaniwahine I[7] and their children were:

  • Kalakauaʻehu (son)
  • Paikalakaua (son)
  • Piʻilani-Kapokulani (daughter)
  • Kekaikuihaiaokekuʻimanono (daughter)
  • Umikalakaua (son)
  • Kaunoho I (son)
  • Kauhiakama (son and successor)

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.

References
  1. LEGEND OF KIHAPI‘ILANI
  2. David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951
  3. Kamalalawalu (Kama-lala-walu) (Mo'i, Ruler of Maui)
  4. Peleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila, The Complete Ancestry of John Liwai Kalniopuuikapali-o-Molilele-ma-wai-o-Ahukini-Kau-Hawaii Ena
  5. Glenda Bendure; Ned Friary (2008). Lonely Planet Maui. Lonely Planet. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-1-74104-714-1.
  6. Piʻilani's family
  7. The Stories of the Genealogies of Maui
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