What does lā mean in Hawaiian?
Lā is the sun and the day. The demigod Māui snared the sun from the summit of Haleakalā, the house of the sun, to slow its passage. Kalā is the sun (and, in a different word, money), Lālani is heavenly sun, and Leilā a lei of sunlight. Without the kahakō, la is a different word.
Say it LAH. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. A vowel with a line over it (kahakō) is held a little longer. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site lā is part of 6 names: 1 begin with it, 2 end with it, and 3 carry it elsewhere. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning sun.