Where does “ʻaha mele” come from?

ʻaha mele (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian Mele, from English mary, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם, from Aramaic מרים.

ʻaha mele (Hawaiian): concert, song fest

Definitions

  1. concert, song fest

Ancestry of “ʻaha mele”, step by step

ʻaha mele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian Mele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianMelechant, song, poem
2EnglishmaryA male homosexual
3Frenchmariefirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Old FrenchMarie
5LatinMarīaMary mother of Jesus
6Ancient GreekΜαρίαMary, Maria
7Hebrewמִרְיָם
8Aramaicמריםbitter
9Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם

via Hawaiian ʻaha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻahameeting, gathering, assembly
2Proto-Polynesian*kafa
3Proto-Oceanic*kapasennit
Every word from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם