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Rosa · English girl’s name

Rosa in Hawaiian is Loka

The form Hawaiian speakers have written since the 1800s, when R became L, and S became K.

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LOH·kah

The gold syllable takes the stress.

What is Rosa in Hawaiian?

Rosa is Loka in Hawaiian, said LOH-kah.

How Rosa became Loka

Hawaiian is written with thirteen letters, so in Rosa R became L, and S became K.

Loka 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 Loka

Say it LOH-kah, leaning on LOH, sounding every vowel: o as in “go”, a as in “father”. 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 Rosa in Hawaiian?

Rosa is Loka in Hawaiian, pronounced LOH-kah. It is the form used in Hawaiian-language records since the 1800s.

How do you pronounce Loka?

LOH-kah, with the stress on LOH.

Why does Loka look so different from Rosa?

Each sound Hawaiian lacks was swapped for the nearest one it has. In Rosa, R became L, and S became K.

Is Loka a real Hawaiian name?

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

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