Where does “ʻohe hoʻonui ʻike” come from?

ʻohe hoʻonui ʻike (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻohe, from Veps kofe, from English coffee, from Dutch koffie, from Italian caffè, from Turkish kahve, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه, from Persian قهوه — wine; coffee; coffee shop, café.

ʻohe hoʻonui ʻike (Hawaiian): microscope

Definitions

  1. microscope

Ancestry of “ʻohe hoʻonui ʻike”, step by step

ʻohe hoʻonui ʻike traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻohe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻohebamboo plant; material
2Vepskofecoffee
3EnglishcoffeeA beverage made by infusing the beans of the...
4Dutchkoffiecoffee
5Italiancaffècoffee; a café
6Turkishkahvecoffee
7Ottoman Turkishقهوهcoffee
8Persianقهوهcoffee
9Arabicقهوةwine; coffee; coffee shop, café

via Hawaiian ʻike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻikesight
2Hawaiian-naCommon nominalizing suffix, sometimes with...
3Proto-Polynesian-ŋa

via Hawaiian hoʻonui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhoʻonuito enlarge, to magnify
2Hawaiiannuiplenty, a lot, size, dimension, number, area;...
3Proto-Nuclear Polynesiannuibig
Every word from Arabic قهوةEvery word from Persian قهوهEvery word from Ottoman Turkish قهوه