What does mala mean in Hawaiian?
Mala is a cultivated plot — a garden or field under work. A separate word spelled the same way means sore or aching, and context separates them.
Say it MAH-lah. Every vowel is pronounced, and the capitalized syllable takes the stress. The pronunciation guide covers the rules.
On this site mala is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. Most are girl names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning earth.