Hawaiian noun · Nature
alakaiʻi
Pronunciation: /ah-lah-kah-ee-ee/
Meaning
Guide through forest
Example sentences
Pono ke alakaiʻi e ʻike pono i ke ala i loko o ka nahele.
A guide must know the path well within the forest.
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Kūlana iā mākou i ka ʻike o ka alakaiʻi no ko mākou huakaʻi.
Kūlana gave us the knowledge of a guide for our journey.
He kuleana nui ko ka alakaiʻi i ka palekana o ka poʻe holoʻekaʻi.
A guide has a great responsibility for the safety of the hikers.
About this word
“alakaiʻi” is a Hawaiian noun meaning Guide through forest. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Nature. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.