Mahiʻai

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Mahiʻai

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

Related terms

References

Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Mahiai (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 32 women and 17 men.

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