Kuaiwa

Kuaiwa was a Hawaiian High Chief who ruled as the Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi from 1345 to 1375. He was the sovereign king of the island of Hawaiʻi.

Kuʻaiwa
Aliʻi Aimoku of Hawaiʻi
Wives	Kumuleilani Kamanawa
Issue Kahoukapu ʻEhu
Father	Kalaunuiohua
Mother	Kaheka

Biography

Kuaiwa was the son of Kalaunuiohua and Kaheka and brother of Kapapalimulimu.[1] He followed his father as sovereign of Hawaiʻi, not much is related except that, from his peaceable character, he is held up as a contrast to his warlike father.

Marriages

Kuaiwa had two wives, Kumuleilani and Kamanawa. The former descended from Luaehu; the latter descended from Maweke of the Nanaulu line. Kamanawa's name means "the season".[2]

With Kamuleilani, Kuaiwa had three children, Kahoukapu, Hukulani, and Manauea, and with Kamanawa, he had one son, ʻEhu, all of whom became noted heads of numerous aristocratic families.

He died in 1375 and was succeeded by Kahoukapu.

References

1. Abraham Fornander, An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations
2. Pukui and Elbert (2003). "Lookup of word manawa". on Hawaiian dictionary. Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii. Archived from the original on 2012-07-16. Retrieved 2009-12-26.

• Samuel Kamakau, Ruling Chiefs of Hawaiʻi, Revised Edition. (Honolulu: Kamehameha Schools Press, 1992).
• David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951.