Where does “pōkaʻo” come from?

pōkaʻo (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian pō-, from Proto-Polynesian *poo-.

pōkaʻo (Hawaiian): barren

Definitions

  1. barren

Ancestry of “pōkaʻo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpō-derives stative verbs
2Proto-Polynesian*poo-—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *poo- →Every word from Hawaiian pō- →