原文: In Kawena Pukui's dictionary, one of the most respected and comprehensive Hawaiian dictionaries, Malie is sometimes spelled Malia, depending on the island. A common fishing term, 'Malia,' is widely recognized to talk about glassy seas, especially in Kaua'i. While Malia is also a translation of Maria, that likely happened post contact and the original meaning being calm seas.
原文: The name Malia (pronounced mah-LEE-ah) is not indigenous to the Hawaiian language and is in fact as the entry states a translation of "Mary" or "Maria" using the available letters in the modern Hawaiian Alphabet which substitutes the letter "L" for the letter "R" (since the letter R is absent from the Hawaiian Alphabet.)It's a beautiful name and one that happens to be my wife's name (she's part Hawaiian and we were both born and raised here in the islands).
评论人:匿名用户 评论时间: 2015/08/24
翻译文: 我从来没有看到玛丽亚的名字,没有想到的Lamia,从神话和文学的孩子吃的恶魔。
原文: I can never see the name Malia without thinking of Lamia, the child-eating demon from mythology and literature.
评论人:匿名用户 评论时间: 2014/12/06
翻译文: “Malia”是女巫诅咒的意大利语。它源于拉丁语“malus”,意思是“邪恶”。
原文: "Malia" is the Italian word for a witch's curse. It derives from the Latin word "malus," meaning "evil."
原文: I can't be the only one who, for the longest time, assumed this name rhymed with words like "Australia" and "regalia." (My second guess would have been that it rhymed with "Somalia.") Is there any valid reason to give your daughter a novelty name whose pronunciation is so ambiguous? Isn't that just an added burden throughout her life?
原文: My godfather is Hawaiian, so I'm familiar with some of the traditional names, like Kanani, Leilani, and Kalella (not on this site--Hawaiian form of Cheryl, as far as I know). This, however, is my favorite one, and I've only just come across it. It's beautiful, that's the only way I can describe it.
原文: I really like this name now, though it had to grow on me a bit. My niece is named this in honor of her grandmas Marcea and Lisa. The name Malia has such a pretty sound to it. My niece is such a sweet little girl, her name fits her well. Her nicknames are Leah, Mia, May and Ali.
评论人:mom2zeke 评论时间: 2008/05/18
翻译文: 马利亚奥巴马是巴拉克·奥巴马的女儿之一。
原文: Malia Obama is one of Barack Obama's daughters.
评论人:earthnut 评论时间: 2008/01/09
翻译文: 玛丽亚不是玛丽的夏威夷形式。它意味着平静和和平。
原文: Malia is not the Hawaiian form of Mary. It means calm and peaceful.
原文: You say Malia like ma-leah. I cannot tell you the many different ways that people try to say my name. It's really annoying. Malia means star of the sea and also calm waters. Not dolphin. And Melia is a flower.
原文: I don't know where BethanyE and sschilling99 were getting their information, but I'm sorry to say the Hawaiian meanings above are incorrect. Malia is the Hawaiian word for "maybe". (If you don't believe me, go ahead and check it in any Hawaiian-English dictionary. There are several online.) Sschilling99 was thinking of a slightly different word, "mālie", that means "peaceful". I'm not sure what BethanyE had in mind (maybe the word "mahimahi" for "dolphin fish"?), but "nai'a" is the Hawaiian word for "dolphin". The anonymous comment that it means "witch's curse" in Italian is correct, though I suspect that's not the intended meaning of the name, just an unfortunate side effect. For that reason, you probably wouldn't find anyone named Malia in Italy (unless her parents considered her a curse).