Etymology

akamai

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Today it means: Smart, clever. Full definition →

Hawaiian akamai ← Proto-Polynesian *qata-mai
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  1. Proto-Polynesian*qata-mai
  2. Hawaiianakamai
  3. English todayakamai

Borrowed from Hawaiian akamai (“smart”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.