ʻApelahama
Hawaiian
Etymology
Vernacular form of the biblical ʻAberahama (“Abraham”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔa.pe.laˈha.ma/, [ʔə.pe.ləˈhɐ.mə]
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 181
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Apelahama (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 man.
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