What does naʻi mean in Hawaiian?
Naʻi is to win something by effort — to conquer, to seize, to strive for. Kamehameha's epithet Kamehameha Nui ka Naʻi Aupuni names him the conqueror of the kingdom.
Say it NAH-ee. 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 naʻi is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 1 end with it. Most are boy names, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning warrior.