Where does “hihi” come from?

hihi (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *fifi.

hihi (Hawaiian): to entangle, to intertwine

Definitions

  1. to entangle, to intertwine

Ancestry of “hihi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*fifi—

Words derived from “hihi”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *fifi →