Translingual

Proper noun

Kanaloa f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae.

Hypernyms

• (tribe): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Mimoseae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Kanaloa kahoolawensis (the soles species)

Hawaiian

Etymology

Proto-Polynesian *Tangaloa

Proper noun

Kanaloa

1. (Hawaiian mythology) One of the four major gods; god of kawa and the sea.
2. (rare today) A male given name.
3. (rare today) A female given name.

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 387
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kanaloa occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name of 20 women and 11 men.