ʻAukai

Hawaiian

Etymology

ʻau (“travel”) + kai (“sea”) = "seafarer".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔau̯ˈkai̯/, [ʔəwˈkɐj], [ʔəwˈkɛj] (rapid speech)

Proper noun

ʻAukai

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

Related terms

• Kaʻaukai

References

• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Aukai (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 10 women and 10 men.