"Māui" meaning in Hawaiian

See Māui in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈmaːui/
Head templates: {{head|haw|proper noun|head=}} Māui, {{haw-proper noun}} Māui
  1. (Hawaiian mythology) A trickster god who pushed up the sky and fished up the Hawaiian islands. Categories (topical): Hawaiian mythology
    Sense id: en-Māui-haw-name-22KG~nQ5
  2. (astronomy) A star near the Pleiades. Categories (topical): Stars
    Sense id: en-Māui-haw-name-u5VDpFw~ Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  3. a male given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to women Categories (topical): Hawaiian given names, Hawaiian male given names
    Sense id: en-Māui-haw-name-m7jEvy9h Categories (other): Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hawaiian entries with incorrect language header: 29 27 45

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hawaiian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-27 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (bb24e0f and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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