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Hawaiian word · noun

ʻili

“skin; a land division”

Say it

EE-lee

In names

1 names

0 girl · 1 boy · 0 unisex

What does ʻili mean in Hawaiian?

ʻIli is skin — of a person, a fruit, or the surface of anything. It is also a land division: an ʻili was a strip of ground inside an ahupuaʻa, held by a family and running from the uplands toward the sea.

Say it EE-lee. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.

On this site ʻili is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning earth.

Names that end in ʻili (1)

ʻili closes the name and colors everything before it.

  • Hawaiian

    Kaʻili

    “the skin, the pebble”

    Pronounced KYE-leeka + ʻili

    Boy

Sources the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, Place Names of Hawaii, Nānā i ke Kumu, wehewehe.org, Wiktionary's Hawaiian given names and U.S. Social Security baby-name records. How this site is compiled · Send a correction

Questions people ask

What does ʻili mean?

ʻili means skin; a land division. ʻIli is skin — of a person, a fruit, or the surface of anything.

How do you pronounce ʻili?

EE-lee. Every vowel is a separate sound and the stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Is ʻili a Hawaiian name on its own?

ʻili is not usually given as a name by itself, but it is part of 1 names on this site, such as Kaʻili.

What are some Hawaiian names ending in ʻili?

Kaʻili (the skin, the pebble).

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