kahakai

== Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tafa-tai (“seashore, coast”). Cognate with Māori tahatai (“shore”). By surface analysis, kaha (“place”) +‎ kai (“sea”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ka.haˈkai̯/, [kə.həˈkɐj], (rapid speech) [kə.həˈkɛj] === Noun === kahakai seashore, seaside, coast sandy shore, beach ==== Hyponyms ==== kahaone (“sandy beach”) === Further reading === kahakai in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.