Pele
See also: pele, pelé, pèle, pêle, pelē, pelė, and pelë
English
Proper noun
Pele
- (Hawaiian mythology) The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.
Anagrams
- LEEP, Leep, Lepe, Peel, peel
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpe.le/, [ˈpɛlɛ]
Proper noun
Pele
- (Hawaiian mythology) Pele
- (rare) A female given name.
Usage notes
Old Hawaiians believed that naming a child Pele is dangerous unless the name was specially revealed in a dream.
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 396
- Martha Warren Beckwith, Hawaiian Mythology, Yale University Press 1940
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 2 women and 3 men.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpeː.leː/, [ˈpeː.ɫeː]
Proper noun
Pēlē f (genitive Pēlēs); first declension
- An island siatuated near Ephesus
Inflection
First declension, Greek type.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pēlē |
| Genitive | Pēlēs |
| Dative | Pēlae |
| Accusative | Pēlēn |
| Ablative | Pēlē |
| Vocative | Pēlē |
References
- Pele in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette