Kahaʻi
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Hawaiian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Kahaʻi
- (Hawaiian mythology) A navigator who sailed between Tahiti, Samoa and Hawaii.
- a male given name from Hawaiian or Proto-Polynesian, sometimes also given to women
- a female given name from Hawaiian or Proto-Polynesian
References[edit]
- Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 385
- Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kahai (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 9 women and 16 men.
Categories:
- Hawaiian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hawaiian lemmas
- Hawaiian proper nouns
- haw:Hawaiian mythology
- Hawaiian given names
- Hawaiian male given names
- Hawaiian male given names from Hawaiian
- Hawaiian male given names from Proto-Polynesian
- Hawaiian female given names
- Hawaiian female given names from Hawaiian
- Hawaiian female given names from Proto-Polynesian