ܲʻ

Inoa

ܲʻ

Hōʻuluʻulu manaʻo:

ʻO ܲʻ he kupua kaulana o Hawaiʻi. pili i ka puaʻa, ka ua, ka hoʻopunipuni, ka momona o ka mahi ʻai ma muli o kona pilina iā Lono, a me ka ikaika kuko. Hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Kaluanui (Koʻolauloa, Oʻahu). he keiki na Hina lāua ʻo Kahikiʻula, a he moʻopuna na Kamaunuaniho. Nui nā kinolau a ܲʻ: he puaʻa, he kanaka uʻi, he ao puaʻa ma luna o ke kuahiwi, he humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa, a he ʻano lāʻau like ʻole hoʻi, e like me ke kukui, ka ʻāmaʻumaʻu, ka hala ʻuhaloa, a me ka ʻolomea. Ma waena o kāna moʻolelo nui, ua lanakila ʻo ia ma luna o ʻOlopana ma Oʻahu, ua holo aku i Kahiki a ua male iā Kekaihaʻakūloulaniokahiki, a ua hakakā kaulana me Pelehonuamea ma Kīlauea—ua pau ka pāʻino i ka ʻae kuʻikahi ʻana, i kona kinai ʻana i ke ahi o Pele i ka ua nui hoʻolaʻi. Ma kekahi mau kuʻuna, ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo ia ka makua kāne o ʻŌpeluhoʻolili / ʻŌpelunuikauhaʻalilo. Kaulana ʻo ia i ka paio i nā aliʻi a me nā ākua. 

Description

ܲʻ is a renowned Hawaiian kupua associated with pigs, rain, mischief, agriculture and erotic vitality. Born at Kaluanui in Koʻolauloa, Oʻahu.  He is the son of Hina and Kahikiʻula and the grandson of Kamaunuaniho. ܲʻ’s body forms include the pig, a handsome young man, cloud banks over a summit, the humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa, and plants like kukui, ʻāmaʻumaʻu, hala ʻuhaloa, and ʻolomea. He defeats Chief ʻOlopana on Oʻahu, travels to Kahiki and marries Kekaihaʻakūloulaniokahiki, and later battles Pelehonuamea, Pele at Kīlauea, quenching her fires with torrential rain before agreeing to a truce.  With Pele, ܲʻ is noted to have had a son named ʻŌpeluhoʻolili or ʻŌpelunuikauhaʻalilo.

ʻŌlelo kuhikuhi

E koho i kēia huaʻōlelo no nā kumuwaiwai e pili ana iā ܲʻ, ke kupua. Mai koho no nā puaʻa ma ka laulā. 

Instructions

Use for resources primarily about ܲʻ. Do not use for pigs in a general sense.

Moʻokūʻauhau | Genealogy

Akua | Deity: Kamaunuaniho; Lonoikeʻaweʻawealoha; Haunuʻu; Haulani; Haʻalokuloku (Kaʻalokuloku); Kananananuiʻaimoku; Kamanōkaʻiʻanui; Kekeleiʻaikū; Kūliaikekaua; Kaikihonuakele;  ʻAweʻaweikealoha; Pelehonuamea, Pele; ᾱʻ첹첹DZDZ; Leialoha; Lonomakua; Kamohoaliʻi; Ա; Lono; ʻUli; Kapōʻulakīnaʻu, Kapō

Makua | Parent: Hina; Kahikiʻula

Keiki | Child: ʻŌpeluhoʻolili; ʻŌpelunuikauhaʻalilo

Kanaka | Person: ʻOlopana; Koea; Kekaihaʻakūloulaniokahiki; Lonokaʻeho; Lonoawohi

ʻĀina | Land/sea: Kaluanui; Kaliuwaʻa; Punaluʻu; Kailua (Oʻahu); Kīlauea; Kahiki; Molokaʻi

Kinolau | Form: Puaʻa; Kane; Ao Puaʻa; Iʻa; Humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa; Manō (referenced in name chants); Kukui; ʻĀmaʻumaʻu; Hala ʻUhaloa, ʻOlomea; Kalawela

Kūmole | Source(s)

Kahiolo, G. W. “He Moʻolelo no ܲʻ.” Translated by Esther T. Mookini and Erin C. Neizmen, with David Tom. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Hawaiian Studies Program, 1861 (original publication), 1978 (English translation).

Kameʻeleihiwa, Lilikalā. A Legendary Tradition of ܲʻ: The Hawaiian Pig‑God. Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1996.

Pukui, Mary Kawena, and Samuel H. (Samuel Hoyt) Elbert. Hawaiian Dictionary : Hawaiian-English, English-Hawaiian. Rev. and enl. Ed. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1986.

Mea haku | Created by: Alyssa ʻĀnela Purcell

Mea loiloi | Edited by: Na ka hui ʻimi naʻauao o ʻɲ