Where does “ʻōkolehao” come from?

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

ʻōkolehao (Hawaiian): iron try-pot still; okolehao

Definitions

  1. iron try-pot still; okolehao

Ancestry of “ʻōkolehao”, step by step

ʻōkolehao traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻōkole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻōkoleanus, buttocks; a sea creature; a kind of...
2Polynesian*tole—

via Hawaiian hao

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhaoiron; general name for metal tools; a bit

Words derived from “ʻōkolehao”

Every word from Polynesian *tole →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōkole →