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Hawaiian word · noun

kahakai

“shore, beach”

Say it

kah-hah-KYE

In names

1 names

0 girl · 0 boy · 1 unisex

What does kahakai mean in Hawaiian?

Kahakai is the shoreline — literally the edge of the sea, from kaha, an edge or mark, and kai, the sea. It is the ordinary word for the beach.

Say it kah-hah-KYE. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.

On this site kahakai is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning ocean.

Other names with kahakai (1)

Kahakai sits in the middle of a longer name, or is the whole of it.

  • Ocean

    Kahakai

    “the seashore, the beach”

    Pronounced kah-hah-KYE

    Unisex

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 kahakai mean?

Kahakai means shore, beach. Kahakai is the shoreline — literally the edge of the sea, from kaha, an edge or mark, and kai, the sea.

How do you pronounce kahakai?

kah-hah-KYE. Every vowel is a separate sound and the stressed syllable is written in capitals.

Is kahakai a Hawaiian name on its own?

Yes. Kahakai is used as a unisex name and has its own page. It also forms 0 longer names.

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