Where does “ʻoia” come from?
ʻoia (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻo, from Proto-Polynesian *koho, from Proto-Oceanic *kojom.
ʻoia (Hawaiian): truth; to be true; Alternative form of ʻo ia
Definitions
- truth; to be true; Alternative form of ʻo ia
Ancestry of “ʻoia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hawaiian | ʻo | Placed at the beginning of nominative phrases to... |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | *koho | — |
| 3 | Proto-Oceanic | *kojom | — |