Where does “hōʻōpā” come from?

hōʻōpā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻōpā, from Hawaiian pā, from Proto-Polynesian *pa.

Ancestry of “hōʻōpā”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻōpāto press, to squeeze
2Hawaiianpāfence, wall, enclosure
3Proto-Polynesian*pa—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *pa →Every word from Hawaiian pā →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōpā →