Where does “ʻahaʻaha” come from?

ʻahaʻaha (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻaha, from Proto-Polynesian *kafa, from Proto-Oceanic *kapa — sennit.

ʻahaʻaha (Hawaiian): cordage

Definitions

  1. cordage

Ancestry of “ʻahaʻaha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻahameeting, gathering, assembly
2Proto-Polynesian*kafa—
3Proto-Oceanic*kapasennit
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kapa →