Where does “lepeamoa” come from?

lepeamoa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian moa, from Proto-Polynesian moa — fowl.

lepeamoa (Hawaiian): cockscomb (Celosia cristata)

Definitions

  1. cockscomb (Celosia cristata)

Ancestry of “lepeamoa”, step by step

lepeamoa traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian moa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmoachicken or similar fowl
2Proto-Polynesianmoafowl

via Hawaiian lepe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlepehem, fringe
2Proto-Polynesian*repe—

via Hawaiian a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianaand; until, up to; of, belonging to
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