Where does “ʻōhiʻa” come from?

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

ʻōhiʻa (Hawaiian): mountain apple or Malay apple; Syzygium malaccense

Definitions

  1. mountain apple or Malay apple; Syzygium malaccense

Ancestry of “ʻōhiʻa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*kafikaA plant of the genus Syzygium, especially the Malay apple
2HawaiianKapika—
3HawaiianTabitaTabitha
4Aramaicטביתאgazelle; roe, doe

Words derived from “ʻōhiʻa”

Every word from Aramaic טביתא →Every word from Hawaiian Tabita →Every word from Hawaiian Kapika →