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Kahaʻi
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kāhai kahaí kahai'
Hawaiian
Etymology
haw poz-pol-pro *Tafaki
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
haw Hawaiian mythology a navigator who sailed between Tahiti, Samoa and Hawaii
haw male,female<q:sometimes> Hawaiian,Proto-Polynesian
References
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.