What does mākala mean in Hawaiian?
Mākala is to loosen or untie, and by extension to forgive — to release someone from what they owe. The word does the same work in both the physical and the moral sense.
Say it MAH-kah-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 mākala is part of 1 names: 0 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 freedom.