Kamalālāwalu (Kama-lālā-walu = "Son of eight branches")LEGEND OF KIHAPI‘ILANI was the supreme ruler Aliʻi-ʻAimoku of Maui in ancient Hawaii,David Malo, Hawaiian Antiquities, Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1951 known to us today from the old chants. He was a great warrior chief and highly regarded for his leadership and resource management. Kamalālāwalu invaded Hawaiʻi Island and engaged in a disastrous battle in Kohala. Kamalālāwalu was killed and his invasion force was decimated. His son Kauhi-a-Kama survived, returned to Maui and became its next ruler.
He was the successor of his father, High Chief Kiha-a-PiʻilaniPeleioholani, Solomon Lehuanui Kalaniomaiheuila, The Complete Ancestry of John Liwai Kalniopuuikapali-o-Molilele-ma-wai-o-Ahukini-Kau-Hawaii Ena and Queen Kumaka and grandson of Piʻilani and nephew of Queen Piʻikea.
Kamalālāwalu married a woman called Piʻilaniwahine IThe Stories of the Genealogies of Maui and their children were: Kalakauaʻehu (son) Paikalakaua (son) Piʻilani-Kapokulani (daughter) Kekaikuihaiaokekuʻimanono (daughter) Umikalakaua (son) Kaunoho I (son) Kauhiakama (son and successor)
It was Kamalalawalu who gives the name Maui-of-Kama to the island.
Petroglyphs thought to depict the defeat of Kamalalawalu by Lonoikamakahiki can be viewed at low tide near the temples on Kahaluu Bay.
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