Where does “hare moa” come from?

hare moa (Rapa Nui) comes from Rapa Nui hare, from Polynesian *fale.

hare moa (Rapa Nui): chicken coop

Definitions

  1. chicken coop

Ancestry of “hare moa”, step by step

hare moa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Rapa Nui hare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Rapa Nuiharehouse
2Polynesian*fale—

via Rapa Nui moa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Rapa Nuimoachicken
2Proto-Polynesianmoafowl
Every word from Polynesian *fale →Every word from Rapa Nui hare →
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