What is Edward in Hawaiian?
Edward is ʻEkewaka in Hawaiian, said eh-keh-VAH-kah.
How Edward became ʻEkewaka
Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Edward D became K, R fell away, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and a vowel was added at the end. Hawaiian does not run two consonants together, and every syllable ends on a vowel. 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.
ʻEkewaka 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 ʻEkewaka
Say it eh-keh-VAH-kah, leaning on VAH, sounding every vowel: e as in “bet”, a as in “father”. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a catch in the voice, the break in the middle of “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the whole system.