Where does “hōʻaka” come from?

hōʻaka (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻaka, from Proto-Polynesian *kata.

hōʻaka (Hawaiian): to provoke laughter

Definitions

  1. to provoke laughter

Ancestry of “hōʻaka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻakato laugh
2Proto-Polynesian*kata—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kata →Every word from Hawaiian ʻaka →