What does mākaha mean in Hawaiian?
Mākaha is fierce or savage, and separately the sluice gate of a fishpond — the grating that let small fish in and kept grown ones from leaving. The Oʻahu valley takes the first sense.
Say it MAH-kah-hah. 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 mākaha is part of 1 names: 0 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 warrior.