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Where does “Aa” come from?
Aa (Translingual) comes from Hawaiian ʻaʻā, from Proto-Polynesian kakaha.
Aa
(Translingual): genus
Definitions
genus
Ancestry of “Aa”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Hawaiian
ʻaʻā
aa, a type of lava; to burn, glow; to be covered...
2
Proto-Polynesian
kakaha
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Words derived from “Aa”
Aa paleacea
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