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

  1. truth; to be true; Alternative form of ʻo ia

Ancestry of “ʻoia”, step by step

ʻoia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianʻoPlaced at the beginning of nominative phrases to...
2Proto-Polynesian*koho—
3Proto-Oceanic*kojom—

via Hawaiian iā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianiā"Aloha wau iā ʻoe"
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kojom →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *koho →Every word from Hawaiian ʻo →