What does naʻala mean in Hawaiian?
Naʻala is a sweet smell, built on ala, the root for scent and also for a path — Hawaiian treats a fragrance as something that travels toward you.
Say it nah-AH-lah. 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 naʻala 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 flower.