Where does “ʻo” come from?
ʻo (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *koho, from Proto-Oceanic *kojom.
ʻo (Hawaiian): Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to...
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- Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to...
Ancestry of “ʻo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | *koho | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | *kojom | — |