Where does “ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai” come from?

ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻahaʻōlelo, from Hawaiian ʻōlelo, from Proto-Polynesian qalelo, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian deləq.

ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai (Hawaiian): legislature lawmaking body

Definitions

  1. legislature lawmaking body

Ancestry of “ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai”, step by step

ʻahaʻōlelo kau kānāwai traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻahaʻōlelo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻahaʻōlelolegislature, assembly, council
2Hawaiianʻōlelolanguage, speech; word, term; statement
3Proto-Polynesianqalelo—
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandeləq—

via Hawaiian kau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankauseason; to settle
2Proto-Polynesiantau—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaʀuqto store, put away for safekeeping, hide valuables

via Hawaiian kānāwai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankānāwaicode, law, statute, act
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian deləq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian qalelo →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōlelo →