Where does “ʻakaʻaka” come from?

ʻakaʻaka (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻaka, from Proto-Polynesian *kata.

ʻakaʻaka (Hawaiian): laughter

Definitions

  1. laughter

Ancestry of “ʻakaʻaka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻakato laugh
2Proto-Polynesian*kata—

Words derived from “ʻakaʻaka”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kata →Every word from Hawaiian ʻaka →