Where does “okolehao” come from?

okolehao (English) comes from Hawaiian ʻōkolehao, from Hawaiian ʻōkole, from Polynesian *tole.

okolehao (English): A distilled beverage made from the ti root, and...

Definitions

  1. A distilled beverage made from the ti root, and...

Ancestry of “okolehao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻōkolehaoiron try-pot still; okolehao
2Hawaiianʻōkoleanus, buttocks; a sea creature; a kind of...
3Polynesian*tole—
Every word from Polynesian *tole →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōkole →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōkolehao →
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