Where does “hōʻakaʻaka” come from?

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

hōʻakaʻaka (Hawaiian): to jeer, to ridicule

Definitions

  1. to jeer, to ridicule

Ancestry of “hōʻakaʻaka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻakaʻakalaughter
2Hawaiianʻakato laugh
3Proto-Polynesian*kata—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kata →Every word from Hawaiian ʻaka →Every word from Hawaiian ʻakaʻaka →