Hello, I know that some of you may already know how to pronounce some of these names, but just in case. I made up a list of places and names in Sun & Moon with a phonetics pronunciation. I hope it does help people =) Places: Akala - Ah-kah-lah Haina - High-nah Hano - Hah-no Hau'oli - How-oh-lee (BTW, Hau'oli means Happiness) Heahea - Hey-yah-hey-yah (Heahea means to be hospitable) Hokulani - Ho-koo-lah-knee (Hoku means star) Iki - e-key Kala'e - kah-la-eh Konikoni - ko-knee-ko-knee Mahalo - Ma-hah-low (Mahalo means Thank You) Malie - Ma-lee-eh Melemele - Meh-lay-Meh-lay Lanakila - Lah-nah-key-lah (There is an actual place called Lanakila Drive on Maui.) Paniola - Pah-knee-oh-lah (Paniolo means Cowboy) Poni - Pony Ula'ula - oo-lah-oo-lah Wela - Weh-lah (Wela means hot/heat.) Names: Kukui - Ku-ku-ee Ilima - e-lee-mah (Ilima is a flower.) Kiawe - Key-ah-vay Maika - Mah-ee-kah Tutu - Too-too (Means Grandma or Grandpa) Words: Aue - Ow-Way (It pretty much means, oh man, darn, too bad...) And if there are other names out there you need to know, or for me to update the list with, please let me know! I haven't gotten through the whole game yet! >_<
I really appreciate this, I would hate to mispronounce it. So I named my starter Ke Ahi, its supposed to mean fire in Hawaiian, how do you pronounce that?
This is really useful. I've been pronouncing nearly everything on this list wrong. That's embarrassing. Thank you for sharing!
You would pronounce Ke Ahi as such, kay-ah-hi =) and I'm very happy to help! The pound the hawaiian language into you from 1st grade lol
Lol thanks for pronouncing Kiawe's name right I'm not even hardcore hawaiian or anything but it still triggers me every time the say his name like a white person in the anime haha.