I just ran across this article yesterday [again], and was just as excited about it as the first time… 2021
KAMEHAMEHA.
That is the name of the Alii nui of Hawaii nei. This name is known to the native people, but the spelling by the haole is confused; in their letters, this and that one’s spelling is strange. Here are what ten haole have written, each are different. All of them are old-timers. They are taken from haole documents.
1. Tameamea
2. MaihaMaiha
3. Cameamea
4. Comaamaa
5. Tomyhomyhaw
6. Tamaahmaah
7. Hameamea
8. Tomooma
9. Tamahama
10. Tamehameha
(Kumu Hawaii, 9/12/1838, p. 31.)
Ke Kumu Hawaii, Buke 4, Pepa 8, Aoao 31. Sepatemaba 12, 1838.
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