Where does “hoa” come from?

hoa (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *soa, from Proto-Oceanic *soʀa.

hoa (Tahitian): friend; headache

Definitions

  1. friend; headache

Ancestry of “hoa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*soa
2Proto-Oceanic*soʀa
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *soʀaEvery word from Proto-Polynesian *soa