Where does “kōpaʻa” come from?
kōpaʻa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian paʻa, from Proto-Polynesian *paka, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paŋgan.
kōpaʻa (Hawaiian): sugar
Ancestry of “kōpaʻa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hawaiian | paʻa | solid; firm, fast, permanent |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | *paka | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *paŋgan | — |