:Kuaiwa

{{Short description|Hawaiian High Chief}}

{{Infobox noble|type

| name = Kuʻaiwa

| title =High Chief of Hawai{{okina}}i

| spouse = Kumuleilani
Kamanawa

| spouse-type = Wives

| issue = Kahoukapu
ʻEhu

| father =Kalaunuiohua

| mother = Kaheka

}}

Kuaiwa was a High Chief of Hawai{{okina}}i from 1345 to 1375.

Kuaiwa was son of Kalaunuiohua and his wife, Kaheka.Abraham Fornander. An Account of the Polynesian Race: Its Origin and Migrations. Kuaiwa followed his father as sovereign of Hawai{{okina}}i.

Kuaiwa had two wives, Kumuleilani and Kamanawa. The former descended from Luaehu; the latter descended from Maweke of the Nanaulu line. Kamanawa's name means "the season".{{cite web |url= http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q&a=q&l=en&q=manawa |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120716093059/http://wehewehe.org/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q&a=q&l=en&q=manawa |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2012-07-16 |title= Lookup of word manawa |work= on Hawaiian dictionary |author= Pukui and Elbert |year= 2003 |publisher= Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, University of Hawaii |accessdate= 2009-12-26 }} With Kamuleilani, Kuaiwa had three children, Kahoukapu, Hukulani, and Manauea, and with Kamanawa, Kuaiwa had son, ʻEhu, all of whom became heads of aristocratic families.