Pronouncing "Max" in Samoan

The Samoan alphabet has no letter **X**. The closest phonetic approximations for "Max" are:

• Makisi (ma-KEE-see) – the standard transliteration for names like Max, Marcus, or Mark.
• Makisi (variant stress) – sometimes rendered with a glottal stop: Ma'kisi.

Samoan phonotactics require vowels after consonants, so the final "ks" cluster becomes "kisi".