ʻAkela

See also: Akela

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈke.la/, [ʔəˈkɛ.lə]

Proper noun

1. a male given name originating from the Bible, spoken form of the biblical ʻAsera (“Asher”).
2. a female given name from English, borrowed from English Adela.

References

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, pages 181, 184
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Akela (in the old orthography) occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 2 women and 1 man.