ʻApelahama
Hawaiian
Etymology
Vernacular form of the biblical ʻAberahama (“Abraham”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔa.pe.laˈha.ma/, [ʔəpeləˈhɐmə]
Proper noun
ʻApelahama
- A male given name.
References
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 181
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Apelahama (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 man.