Where does “ohiani” come from?

ohiani (Akan) comes from English ohia, from Hawaiian ʻōhiʻa, from Proto-Polynesian *kafika, from Hawaiian Kapika, from Hawaiian Tabita, from Aramaic טביתא — gazelle; roe, doe.

ohiani (Akan): a pauper, poor person

Definitions

  1. a pauper, poor person

Ancestry of “ohiani”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishohiaEither of two flowering trees of the myrtle...
2Hawaiianʻōhiʻamountain apple or Malay apple; Syzygium malaccense
3Proto-Polynesian*kafikaA plant of the genus Syzygium, especially the Malay apple
4HawaiianKapika—
5HawaiianTabitaTabitha
6Aramaicטביתאgazelle; roe, doe
Every word from Aramaic טביתא →Every word from Hawaiian Tabita →Every word from Hawaiian Kapika →