What does paʻahana mean in Hawaiian?
Paʻahana joins paʻa, held fast, with hana, work: someone steadily at it. It is a compliment.
Say it pah-ah-HAH-nah. 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 paʻahana is part of 1 names: 0 begin with it, 0 end with it, and 1 carry it elsewhere. They split evenly between girls and boys, and all of them sit in the group of Hawaiian names meaning strength.