Where does “hoʻopalaka” come from?
hoʻopalaka (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian palaka, from English block, from French Bloc, from Middle French bloc, from Old French bloc, from Dutch blok, from Middle Dutch blok, from Old Dutch blok — thick plank, beam, pile, prop.
hoʻopalaka (Hawaiian): to feign indifference
Definitions
- to feign indifference
Ancestry of “hoʻopalaka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | palaka | indifferent; inactive; uninterested; lax; listless; apathetic; oblivious |
| 2 | English | block | A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece... |
| 3 | French | Bloc | Bloc — Bloc Québécois (Bloc québécois) |
| 4 | Middle French | bloc | a considerable piece of something heavy, block |
| 5 | Old French | bloc | log, block |
| 6 | Dutch | blok | a block; a street block; a political bloc |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | blok | treetrunk |
| 8 | Old Dutch | blok | log |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | blokk | block, log |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | blukką | block, log |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bhulg'- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | bhelg'- | thick plank, beam, pile, prop |