Where does “ʻōlapa” come from?

ʻōlapa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻō- — simulative prefix.

ʻōlapa (Hawaiian): to flash, to flare up

Definitions

  1. to flash, to flare up

Ancestry of “ʻōlapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻō-simulative prefix
Every word from Hawaiian ʻō-