Hawaiian Adjective · Everyday
akamai
Pronunciation: /ah-kah-MAI/
Meaning
Smart, intelligent, clever
Example sentences
He haumāna akamai ʻo ia i ka ʻepekema.
He is a smart student in science.
He naʻauao loa ʻoe, akamai nō hoʻi kou manaʻo.
You are very knowledgeable, and your thinking is indeed clever.
Me ka noʻonoʻo akamai, hiki iā mākou ke hoʻoponopono i kēia pilikia.
With smart thinking, we can solve this problem.
About this word
“akamai” is a Hawaiian adjective meaning Smart, intelligent, clever. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Everyday. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.