ʻAukai
Hawaiian
Etymology
ʻau (“travel”) + kai (“sea”) = "seafarer".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔawˈkaj/, [ʔɐwˈkɐj]
- (rapid speech) IPA(key): [ʔɔwˈkɛj]
Proper noun
ʻAukai
- A male given name, sometimes also given to women.
- 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.