Kaʻaukai

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Kaʻaukai

1. a male or (less commonly) female given name from Hawaiian
2. a surname

Related terms

• ʻAukai

References

• 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