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The result was: promoted by Skr15081997 ( talk) 09:05, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Kamokuiki

• ... that American explorer Charles Wilkes described how the wails mourning the death of Hawaiian chiefess Kamokuiki in October of 1840 kept him and the rest of Honolulu up at night?

• ALT1:... that Hawaiian chief Kamanawa poisoned his wife Kamokuiki and was convicted and executed under the criminal laws of Hawaii's first constitution?
• Reviewed: Pavel Mareš

Created by KAVEBEAR ( talk). Self nominated at 22:49, 18 June 2014 (UTC).

• "Chiefess" isn't a word. Yoninah ( talk) 22:22, 25 June 2014 (UTC)

• @ Yoninah: It is. See wikt:chiefess. It is most preferred translation of the Hawaiian aliʻi wahine.-- KAVEBEAR ( talk) 01:01, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

• Wow. Merriam-Webster could learn something from Wiktionary. Yoninah ( talk) 23:45, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

@ Yoninah: Yes it is not in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, no need to be sarcastic, but it is academically recognized as a term. [1]. And has been used since the 19th century in Hawaii [2].-- KAVEBEAR ( talk) 23:57, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

• This article is new enough and long enough. The hook has an inline citation, QPQ has been done and I saw no evidence of close paraphrasing or other policy violations. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 12:35, 3 July 2014 (UTC)