Where does “kuamoʻo” come from?

kuamoʻo (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian Moʻo, from Hawaiian moʻo — lizard; dragon.

kuamoʻo (Hawaiian): clamp used in making and repairing canoes

Definitions

  1. clamp used in making and repairing canoes

Ancestry of “kuamoʻo”, step by step

kuamoʻo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian Moʻo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianMoʻolizard, dragon, serpent
2Hawaiianmoʻolizard; dragon

via Hawaiian kua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankuaback; burden; to chop
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