Kālonaiki (

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an pronunciation: ''Kah-loh-nah-eeh-keeh'') was a High Chief of the

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, a successor of his relative, the High Chief

Maʻilikākahi Chief Maʻilikūkahi (Hawaiian: ''Aliʻi Maʻilikūkahi''; Hawaiian pronunciation: ''Mah-eeleeh-kah-kah-heeh''; also known as Maʻilikukahi) was a High Chief (aliʻi nui) of the island of Oahu in ancient Hawaii around 1480 A.D. He is known today fro ...

. He is mentioned in ancient chants as the second ruler from the House of Maʻilikākahi, and was a descendant of the Chiefess Maelo of Kona. Through him, his descendants claimed the legendary Nana-Ula as an ancestor.

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The genealogy of Kālonaikiʻs is given in Hawaiian chants, but there are different opinions on the fact who were his parents. According to one opinion, he was a son of his predecessor Maʻilikākahi (and his consort, Kanepukoa?), but it is generally believed that he was actually Maʻilikākahiʻs grandson, a son of Maʻilikākahiʻs son Kālonanui and his wife Kaipuholua, and thus a brother of the High Chief

Kalamakua Kalamakua — also known as Kalamakua-a-Kaipuholua — was an ancient Hawaiian nobleman, the High Chief of Halawa, a place on the island of Oahu. Biography Chief Kalamakua was born on the island named Oʻahu, in ancient Hawaii. His father was c ...

of Halawa. Kālonaiki had married a woman known as Kikenui-a-ʻEwa (or Kikinui-a-ʻEwa); her genealogy is unknown, but it is believed that she was a descendant of the High Chief ʻ Ewaulialaakona. She bore (three?) children to Kālonaiki: *High Chief Piliwale of Oʻahu''Bishop Museum Press'', 1920. ''Memoirs of the

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Bernice Pauahi Bishop KGCOK RoK (December 19, 1831 – October 16, 1884), born Bernice Pauahi Pākī, was an '' alii'' (noble) of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Hawaii and a well known philanthropist. At her death, her estate was the la ...

Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History''. "...Lo Lale, the brother of Piliwale and Kalamakua aʻakanilea? sons of Kalonaiki, the Oahu sovereign." *Paʻakanilea? * Lō-Lale

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