Where does “aloha ʻauinalā” come from?
aloha ʻauinalā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻauinalā, from Hawaiian lā, from Proto-Polynesian *la, from Proto-Oceanic layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.
aloha ʻauinalā (Hawaiian): good afternoon
Definitions
- good afternoon
Ancestry of “aloha ʻauinalā”, step by step
aloha ʻauinalā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian ʻauinalā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | ʻauinalā | afternoon time of day when the sun is setting |
| 2 | Hawaiian | lā | sail; dorsal fin; sun, sun’s heat; sunny, solar |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | *la | sail a piece of fabric attached to a boat |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | layaʀ | sail |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | layaʀ | sail |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | layaʀ | sail |