What does mākena mean in Hawaiian?
Mākena is abundance or many. A separate word of the same spelling means wailing or lamentation, and both are recorded for the Maui place.
Say it mah-KEH-nah. 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 mākena 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 gift.