Mahiʻai

Hawaiian

Etymology

mahi (“farm”) + ʻai (“food”) = "farmer".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.hiˈʔaj/, [məhiˈʔɐj]

(rapid speech) IPA^(key): [məhiˈʔɛj]

Proper noun

Mahiʻai

A male given name, sometimes also given to women.
A surname.

Related terms

Mahi
Kamahiʻai

References

Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Mahiai (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 32 women and 17 men.

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