What does kama mean in Hawaiian?
Kama is a child or a person. Kamaʻāina, a child of the land, is someone born in or long settled in Hawaiʻi, and kamaliʻi are children. Kamalani is a royal child, Kamakai a child of the sea, and Kamalei a beloved child.
Say it KAH-mah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site kama is part of 4 names: 3 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning life.