How to pronounce Kamakawiwo-Ole?

Kamakawiwo-Ole is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ k ah - M AH - k ah - V EE - v oh - OH - l ai ]

k

ah

-

M

AH

-

k

ah

-

V

EE

-

v

oh

-

OH

-

l

ai

key

car

me

car

key

car

very

see

very

so

so

let

pain

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Hawaiian

Kah (like "car" w/o the 'r')
-mah(like "mar" w/o the 'r')
-kah (same as above)
-vee(name of the letter 'v')
-voh(rhymes with 'so')
-oh
-lay(do not elongate the phoneme sound /ay/ or add an /ee/. Do not say /lay-ee/)

last name

Hawaiian

Kamakawiwo-Ole is pronounced as: Phonetic Spelling:[ Kah-MAH-kuh-vee-voh-lay ]