Māui
No agreed meaning; Māui is the name of a trickster demigod shared across Hawaiian and wider Polynesian oral tradition.
Meaning and origin
Māui is a culture hero and trickster who appears, under the same name, in the oral traditions of Hawaii and of Māori, Tahitian, Samoan and Tongan peoples, each telling their own version of his exploits.
How to pronounce Māui
| Hawaiian (United States) | MAH-oo-ee /ˈmaːui/ |
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