| Dick:
Carl was real close... Aki, pronounced "Ah Key" is a Hawaiian/Chinese name... In the old days, when a Hawaiian Woman married a chinese man they often took a surname with the prefex A (Ah)... so Aki, Afong, Awana, Ahuna are common Hawaiian/Chinese names...
Alii is the non gender title for royalty...
Hawaiian Surnames ending in Kalani usually denotes royal heritage... I had an uncle, Joe Kumukoa who was hanai'd (adopted) from the Halekalani family who were royalty on Molokai... The fact that he was an heir to a royal land grant from Kamehameha the Great, attests to this fact...
Aloha! Mike |