Margaret · English girl’s name

Margaret in Hawaiian is Makaleka

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when G became K, R became L, T became K, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and a vowel was added at the end.

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mah·kah·LEH·kah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Margaret in Hawaiian?

Margaret is Makaleka in Hawaiian, said mah-kah-LEH-kah.

How Margaret became Makaleka

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Margaret G became K, R became L, T became K, 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.

Makaleka 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 Makaleka

Say it mah-kah-LEH-kah, leaning on LEH, sounding every vowel: a as in “father”, e as in “bet”. 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

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What is Margaret in Hawaiian?

Margaret is Makaleka in Hawaiian, pronounced mah-kah-LEH-kah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Makaleka?

mah-kah-LEH-kah, with the stress on LEH.

Why does Makaleka look so different from Margaret?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Margaret, G became K, R became L, T became K, a vowel was slipped between the consonants that ran together, and a vowel was added at the end.

Is Makaleka a real Hawaiian name?

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

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