Kamaile

Hawaiian

Etymology

ka (“the”) + maile (“maile vine”). Also shortened from compound names beginning thus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaˈmaj.le/, [kəˈmɐjle]

(rapid speech) IPA^(key): [kəˈmɛjle]

Proper noun

Kamaile

A female given name.
A male given name.

Related terms

Maile

References

Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Kamaile occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 8 women and 8 men.

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