Kamahiʻai

Hawaiian

Etymology

ka (“the”) + mahi (“farm”) + ʻai (“food”) = "the farmer".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˌma.hiˈʔai̯/, [kəˌmɐ.hiˈʔɐj], [kəˌmɐ.hiˈʔɛj] (rapid speech)

Proper noun

Kamahiʻai

a male given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to women

Related terms

Mahiʻai

References

Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kamahiai (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 46 women and 35 men.

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