Where does “pōʻaha” come from?

pōʻaha (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻaha, from Proto-Polynesian *kafa, from Proto-Oceanic *kapa — sennit.

pōʻaha (Hawaiian): circle, ring

Definitions

  1. circle, ring

Ancestry of “pōʻaha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻahameeting, gathering, assembly
2Proto-Polynesian*kafa—
3Proto-Oceanic*kapasennit
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kapa →