What does alakaʻi mean in Hawaiian?
Alakaʻi is to lead or guide, and the leader themselves. The Alakaʻi swamp on Kauaʻi carries the same word.
Say it ah-lah-KAH-ee. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The ʻokina (ʻ) is a short catch in the voice, like the break in “uh-oh”. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site alakaʻi is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning wisdom.