Where does “hoʻomomona” come from?

hoʻomomona (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian momona, from Proto-Polynesian *mona, from Proto-Oceanic *moñak, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *moñak, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian məñak — fat; grease; ointment.

hoʻomomona (Hawaiian): to fatten

Definitions

  1. to fatten

Ancestry of “hoʻomomona”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmomonafat
2Proto-Polynesian*monafat
3Proto-Oceanic*moñakfat, oil
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*moñak—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianməñakfat; grease; ointment

Words derived from “hoʻomomona”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian məñak →Every word from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *moñak →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *moñak →