Hiʻiaka

English Etymology en :bor haw:Hiʻiaka 1 + Pronunciation en /hɪˈiːjəkə/ Proper noun en Hawaiian mythology Any of the twelve sisters of the volcano goddess Pele, especially the youngest, whom Pele was given to raise. en 1989 Rita Knipe The Water of Life: A Jungian Journey through Hawaiian Myth University of Hawaii Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CxNvXYZG6ioC&pg=PA146&dq=%22hi%27iaka%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiO3ovA_vqFAxWCslYBHa1jCdIQ6AF6BAgCEAI#v=onepage&q=%22hi'iaka%22&f=false 146 When Hi‘iaka, Lohi‘au, and her companion began their return trip, the forty days allowed by Pele had passed. Most of Hi‘iaka’s chants during the homeward journey have a recurrent refrain of sorrow, for by now she had a vision of Pele’s treachery. 1989, Hi‘iaka, entry in Robert D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 60, Once there, Hi‘iaka learned that Lohi‘au had died out of grief for the woman (Pele) who had danced before him. Hi‘iaka was able to restore his spirit and life. Now they had [to] face the return voyage, and already the forty days had passed. 2015 [2008 M. E. Sharpe], Josepha Sherman, Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), unnumbered page, Hi‘iaka and Pele had several sisters, all of whom shared the name Hi‘iaka followed by a different description. The other sisters always used their full names unless grouped together, as in "the Hi‘iaka sisters." Only Hi‘iaka-i-kapoli-’o-Pele[Hi‘iaka in the bosom of Pele] individually shortened her name to Hi‘iaka. en astronomy The larger, outer moon of the dwarf planet Haumea. en female Hawaiian. en male Hawaiian. en unisex Hawaiian. See also en Namaka Anagrams en aahiik haikai en Moons of Haumea Hawaiian Etymology haw :af hiʻi aka From haw hiʻi<t:hold, carry> aka<t:essence, embryo>. Pronunciation Hiʻi+aka Proper noun haw proper noun haw Hawaiian mythology any of the twelve sisters of the volcano goddess Pele, especially the youngest and favorite one haw female,male<q:sometimes> Hawaiian haw astronomy a moon of Haumea Descendants en Hiʻiaka 1 See also haw Nāmaka References Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 383 Mary Kawena Pukui, etc, Nānā i ke Kumu, volume 2, Hui Hānai 1979, 0961673826, page 146 Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Hiiaka (in the old spelling) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 woman and 3 men.