Kawai

See also: kawai

Hawaiian

Etymology

ka (“the”) + wai (“water”); also a short form of compound given names beginning thus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈwai̯/, [kəˈʋɐj], [kəˈʋɛj] (rapid speech)

Proper noun

Kawai

a male or female given name from Hawaiian
a surname

Related terms

References

Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kawai occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 36 women and 16 men.

Japanese

Romanization

Kawai

Rōmaji transcription of かわい

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