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

1. a male or (sometimes) female given name from Hawaiian

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.