In Hawaiian mythology, ʻAikanaka (or ʻAi Kanaka, ʻAikane) is a mortal chief.
His name means "man eater". His father was named Hulumanailani, whilst his mother was named Hinamaikalani.Samuel Kamakau. Tales and Traditions of People of Old.
ʻAikanaka married Hinahanaiakamalama (according to the Ulu genealogy). She gave birth to sons named Hemā and Puna.E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.Martha Warren Beckwith: Hawaiian Mythology, Reprinted in Honolulu (Univ. of Hawaii Press), 1996, pp. 214-25 ʻAikanaka is also depicted to have married the moon goddess lona, who carried ʻAikanaka on her wings.
According to the Ulu genealogy, ʻAikanaka was born about 746 AD.
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