What does laʻi mean in Hawaiian?
Laʻi is a settled calm: still air, a quiet sea, a mind at rest. It is close kin to mālie and to maluhia, and Hawaiian keeps several words for peace because it distinguishes several kinds.
Say it LAH-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 laʻi is part of 2 names: 1 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning peace.