Where does “ʻōpā” come from?

ʻōpā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian pā, from Proto-Polynesian *pa.

ʻōpā (Hawaiian): to press, to squeeze

Definitions

  1. to press, to squeeze

Ancestry of “ʻōpā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpāfence, wall, enclosure
2Proto-Polynesian*pa—

Words derived from “ʻōpā”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *pa →Every word from Hawaiian pā →