Where does “hōʻona” come from?

hōʻona (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻona, from Proto-Polynesian *koŋa.

hōʻona (Hawaiian): intoxicating

Definitions

  1. intoxicating

Ancestry of “hōʻona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻonadrunk
2Proto-Polynesian*koŋa—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *koŋa →Every word from Hawaiian ʻona →