Hina (chiefess)

Hina (Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈhinə]) is a name given to several noble ladies (Hawaiian: Aliʻi Wahine) who lived in ancient Hawaii. It was popular during the early period of the rule of the Pili line.

For the goddess, see Hina (goddess).

Hina is a Hawaiian feminine given name, and the name of goddess Hina, an important female deity in Hawaiian religion.

List of chiefesses called Hina
  • Hinamaikalani (or Hinakaikalani) — wife of Hulumanailani and mother of the handsome Chief ʻAikanaka[1]
  • Hinahanaiakamalama — wife of ʻAikanaka and mother of Hemā
  • Hinamaikehoa — wife of Hemā and mother of Kaha'i
  • Hinauluohia — wife of Kaha'i
  • Hina-au-kekele — High Chiefess of the Big Island and the sister-wife of Pilikaʻaiea,[2] founder of the Pili line (a royal family); an ancestress of King Kamehameha I of Hawaii
  • Hinaʻauamai—daughter of Pilikaʻaiea and wife of her brother Koa[3]
  • Hinamaiheliʻi — daughter of Hinaʻauamai and wife of Aliʻiponi
  • Hineuki (full name: Hina-keʻuki) — Lady of the Big Island;[4] daughter of Hinamaiheliʻi, and half-sister and wife of the Chief Kukohou[5]
  • Hina of Hilo
  • Hinakaimauliʻawa — Princess of Koʻolau

See also
  • The dictionary definition of Hina at Wiktionary

References
  1. Samuel Kamakau (a Hawaiian historian). Tales and Traditions of People of Old.
  2. Reginald Yzendoorn (1927). History of the Catholic Mission in the Hawaiian Islands. Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
  3. Family of the lady Hinaauamai. "She married Koa (Ko)."
  4. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History. Bishop Museum Press, 1917.
  5. Kepelino's Traditions of Hawaii (2007). Bishop Museum Press. On the page 192, the family tree of Kukohou is given.
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