Pele

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pele"

English

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Etymology

From Hawaiian Pele.

Proper noun

Pele

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.
  2. A female given name from Hawaiian

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Hawaiian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pele

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) Pele
  2. (rare) a female given name from Hawaiian

Usage notes

Hawaiians traditionally believed that naming a child Pele was dangerous unless the name was specially revealed in a dream.

Descendants

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πήλη (Pḗlē)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pēlē f sg (genitive Pēlēs); first declension

  1. An island siatuated near Ephesus

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

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.
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