Where does “ʻōʻō” come from?

ʻōʻō (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *koho, from Proto-Oceanic *kojom.

ʻōʻō (Hawaiian): oo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters

Definitions

  1. oo, the extinct members of the Moho genus of honeyeaters

Ancestry of “ʻōʻō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*koho—
2Proto-Oceanic*kojom—

Words derived from “ʻōʻō”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kojom →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *koho →