What does kahakai mean in Hawaiian?
Kahakai is the shoreline — literally the edge of the sea, from kaha, an edge or mark, and kai, the sea. It is the ordinary word for the beach.
Say it kah-hah-KYE. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site kahakai is part of 3 names: 1 begin with it, 1 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning ocean.