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! colspan="2" | '''Paumakua'''<br/><small>[[Alii|Chief of Maui]]</small>
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| Father|| Huanuiekalaiaʻilaʻikai
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| Mother|| Kapoea
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| Wife|| Manokalililani
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| Issue|| [[Haho of Maui]]
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'''Paumakua''' is a name of one ancient [[Aliʻi|chief]] who lived in [[ancient Hawaii]] and was [[Alii nui of Maui]]. He is described in legends as a ruler of the island of [[Maui]]. His [[genealogy]] is given in ancient chant ''[[Kumulipo]]''.<ref>''The Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant'' by [[Martha Warren Beckwith]]</ref>
Because of his father, he is also known as '''Paumakua-a-Huanuiʻikalailai''' or also '''Paunuikuakaolokea''' as found in the ''[[Kumulipo]]''.
He was an ancestor of many kings of Maui and is believed that he never had any control over any significant portion of Maui. He was a descendant of [[Hemā (mythology)|Hemā]] of the Ulu line.
It is mentioned by [[Abraham Fornander]]<ref>“And from [[Pilikaaiea|Pili]] the ruling Hawaiian chiefs, down to the [[kamehameha I|Kamehameha]] family, claimed their descent; and, as if conscious of their usurpation or intrusion up the domestic line, their genealogists and bards in subsequent ages were always trying to connect Pili with the indigenous chiefs on the Maui line from Paumakua and Haho.”</ref> that Paumakua probably did not arrive on [[Maui]] earlier than the time of his father.<ref>[[Abraham Fornander]], ''An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations'', Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1969</ref> He is also mentioned by physician [[Nathaniel Bright Emerson|Nathaniel B. Emerson]].<ref>[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~barbpretz/PS02/PS02_087.HTM Paumakua of Maui]</ref>
== Family ==
Father of Paumakua was Chief Huanuiekalaiaʻilaʻikai (otherwise known as Huanuiʻikalaʻilaʻi), who was born on [[Oahu]] as a son of Chief Paunuikaikeanaina and his wife Kapohaʻakia.
Mother of Paumakua was called Kapoea or Kapola, and she was born c. 1010.
Of Paumakua himself little is to tell. Of his brother Kuheailani, nothing remarkable has been retain upon Hawaiian [[myth|traditions]]. Kuheailaniʻs son Hakalanilea appear to have become the [[lord]] of some lands in [[Hilo, Hawaii|the Hilo district]] of [[Hawaii (island)|Hawaiʻi]].
Paumakua married his sister Manokalililani and their son was King [[Haho of Maui]].
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== Notes ==
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