Where does “hoʻoʻulaʻula” come from?

hoʻoʻulaʻula (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻulaʻula, from Hawaiian ʻula, from Proto-Polynesian *kula — red color.

hoʻoʻulaʻula (Hawaiian): to redden

Definitions

  1. to redden

Ancestry of “hoʻoʻulaʻula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻulaʻulared color
2Hawaiianʻulared color
3Proto-Polynesian*kulared color
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kula →Every word from Hawaiian ʻula →Every word from Hawaiian ʻulaʻula →