The story behind Kamehameha
From Hawaiian Kamehameha, itself a compound of ka (“the”, definite article) + mehameha (“lonely, solitary, silent”, with an emphasis on notions of taboo in the holy sense).
Pronunciation
US English (ARPAbet): K AH0 M EY1 AH0 M EY1 AH0
This is a US English dictionary reading of the spelling; personal pronunciations may differ. Digits mark stress: 0 is unstressed, 1 is primary, 2 is secondary. Pronunciation source and notation.
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