Kamaile

Hawaiian

Etymology

ka (“the”) + maile (“maile vine”). Also shortened from compound names beginning thus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈmai̯.le/, [kəˈmɐj.le], [kəˈmɛj.le] (rapid speech)

Proper noun

Kamaile

a female or male given name from Hawaiian

Related terms

Maile

References

Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kamaile occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 8 women and 8 men.

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