What is Elizabeth in Hawaiian?
Elizabeth is ʻElikapeka in Hawaiian, said eh-lee-kah-PEH-kah.
How Elizabeth became ʻElikapeka
Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Elizabeth B became P, T became K, Z 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.
ʻElikapeka 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 ʻElikapeka
Say it eh-lee-kah-PEH-kah, leaning on PEH, sounding every vowel: e as in “bet”, i as “ee”, 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.