Where does “ʻākepa” come from?

ʻākepa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻā-, from Hawaiian ʻō- — simulative prefix.

ʻākepa (Hawaiian): Hawaiʻi ʻākepa (Loxops coccineus)

Definitions

  1. Hawaiʻi ʻākepa (Loxops coccineus)

Ancestry of “ʻākepa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻā-simulative prefix, -like; -ish
2Hawaiianʻō-simulative prefix

Words derived from “ʻākepa”

Every word from Hawaiian ʻō- →Every word from Hawaiian ʻā- →