Pele

See also: pele, pelé, pèle, pêle, pelē, pelė, and pelë

English

Proper noun

Pele

  1. (Hawaiian mythology) The Hawaiian goddess of fire and volcanos.

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpe.le/, [ˈpɛlɛ]

Proper noun

Pele

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

Usage notes

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

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpeː.leː/, [ˈpeː.ɫeː]

Proper noun

Pēlē f (genitive Pēlēs); first declension

  1. An island siatuated near Ephesus

Inflection

First declension, Greek type.

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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