What does ʻanāʻanā mean in Hawaiian?
ʻAnāʻanā was sorcery intended to cause death, practised by a kahuna trained specifically in it. The practice was outlawed in the nineteenth century. The word is included here because it appears in older sources, not as a name recommendation.
Say it ah-NAH-ah-NAH. 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”. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held a little longer. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site ʻanāʻanā is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning mythology.