Kaʻaukai
Hawaiian edit
Etymology edit
ka (“the”) + ʻau (“travel”) + kai (“sea”) = "the seafarer".
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Kaʻaukai
- a male given name from Hawaiian, sometimes also given to women
- a surname
Related terms edit
References edit
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kaaukai (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 30 women and 40 men