Where does “hōʻalo” come from?

hōʻalo (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻalo, from Proto-Polynesian *kalo, from Proto-Oceanic *karut.

hōʻalo (Hawaiian): to shun, to avoid, to escape

Definitions

  1. to shun, to avoid, to escape

Ancestry of “hōʻalo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻaloto dodge, to evade
2Proto-Polynesian*kalo—
3Proto-Oceanic*karut—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *karut →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kalo →Every word from Hawaiian ʻalo →
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