 When her soubriquet is used, Hikawai is called Hikawai Nui/Hikawainui ("nui" = "great").Hikawai was a daughter of Kauilaʻanapa (Kauilaianapu) and her husband Limaloa-Lialea.Kauilaʻanapa was also married to her brother, Chief Haho of Maui, and their son was Chief Palena of Maui, the successor of his father.