Where does “moe hilinaʻi” come from?

moe hilinaʻi (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian moe — to sleep.

moe hilinaʻi (Hawaiian): chaise longue, deck chair

Definitions

  1. chaise longue, deck chair

Ancestry of “moe hilinaʻi”, step by step

moe hilinaʻi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian moe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmoeto sleep

via Hawaiian hilinaʻi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhilinaʻito lean on
Every word from Hawaiian moe