From ka- (causative marker) + adanki (“to be named”) <span class="searchmatch">kahdanki</span> (transitive) to name Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University of Hawaii...
ad (“name”) + -nki adanki (intransitive) to be named, have as a name <span class="searchmatch">kahdanki</span> (“to name”) Harrison, Sheldon P., Mokilese-English Dictionary, University...
sometimes takes the forms koa-, ke- and ko-. Mokilese terms prefixed with ka- <span class="searchmatch">kahdanki</span> kahlua kadehde kadenge kadihdi kadiroapwoa kadoadoahki kadoarila kadohmen...