Where does “kōʻai ʻākau” come from?

kōʻai ʻākau (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻākau — right not left.

kōʻai ʻākau (Hawaiian): clockwise

Definitions

  1. clockwise

Ancestry of “kōʻai ʻākau”, step by step

kōʻai ʻākau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻākau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻākauright not left

via Hawaiian kōʻai

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankōʻaito stir with a circular motion
Every word from Hawaiian ʻākau
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