English
Haleiwa
Haleiwa comes from Hawaiian Haleʻiwa.
- HawaiianmodernHaleʻiwa
- EnglishtodayHaleiwa
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- HawaiianmodernHaleʻiwa
- EnglishtodayHaleiwa
A compound of hale ‘house, building’ + ʻiwa ‘frigatebird’
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay ‘house (abode)’
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bale
Proto-Oceanic *pale
Proto-Polynesian *fale ‘house’
Hawaiian hale ‘house, building’
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay ‘house (abode)’
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *balay
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *bale
Proto-Oceanic *pale
Proto-Polynesian *fale ‘house’
Hawaiian hale ‘house, building’
Hawaiian ʻiwa ‘frigatebird’
Every English word from Hawaiian Haleʻiwa
Today it means
name One of the largest towns in the North Shore area of Honolulu County, Hawaii.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian Haleʻiwa / Haleiwa