Nāmaka

Namaka Hawaiian Etymology From haw nā<pos:plural definite article> maka<t:eye>, shortened from haw Nāmaka-o-Kahaʻi the eyes of haw Kahaʻi. Pronunciation Proper noun haw proper noun haw Hawaiian mythology a goddess, an antagonist of Pele haw female,male<q:sometimes> Hawaiian Related terms haw Kamaka haw Maka References Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 395 Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Namaka (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 8 women and 8 men.