Māui

maui Maui Hawaiian Pronunciation Proper noun haw proper noun haw Hawaiian mythology a trickster god who pushed up the sky and fished up the Hawaiian islands haw star a star near the Pleiades haw male,female<q:sometimes> Hawaiian References Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1986 Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Maui (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name of 5 women and 19 men. Māori + (Māori mythology) Etymology Possibly related to mi mauī left side. Pronunciation māui '-- Proper noun mi mythology A trickster and a hero who had his superhuman strength and shapeshifting, believed to have created the islands of New Zealand from a great fish that he caught. Derived terms mi Te Ika-a-Māui<t:the fish of Maui, North Island> Te Ika-nui-a-Māui<t:the great fish of Maui, North Island> Te Waka-a-Māui<t:the canoe of Maui, South Island> Te Upoko-o-te-Ika-a-Māui<t:the head of Maui's fish, the city of Wellington> Te Pāpaka-a-Māui<t:the paddle crab of Maui, Australia> Te Riu-a-Māui<t:the hills and valleys of Maui, Zealandia (submerged former continent that New Zealand was part of)> Descendants mul Mauiulus genus 1 mi Māori mythology