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Adam · English boy’s name

Adam in Hawaiian is ʻAkamu

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when D became K, and a vowel was added at the end.

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ah·KAH·moo

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Adam in Hawaiian?

Adam is ʻAkamu in Hawaiian, said ah-KAH-moo.

How Adam became ʻAkamu

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Adam D became K, and a vowel was added at the end. A Hawaiian word cannot finish on a consonant, which is where the last vowel comes from. The ʻokina at the front is a consonant in Hawaiian, the catch in the voice before the first vowel.

ʻAkamu has a page of its own as a Hawaiian given name, with its popularity and the names it is usually paired with.

How to say ʻAkamu

Say it ah-KAH-moo, leaning on KAH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, u as “oo”. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a catch in the voice, the break in the middle of “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.

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 is Adam in Hawaiian?

Adam is ʻAkamu in Hawaiian, pronounced ah-KAH-moo. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce ʻAkamu?

ah-KAH-moo, with the stress on KAH.

Why does ʻAkamu look so different from Adam?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Adam, D became K, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is ʻAkamu a real Hawaiian name?

Yes, as a borrowed name. Hawaiian families have used ʻAkamu since the 1800s, but it is Adam respelled, not a name built from Hawaiian words.

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