English
Hawaii
Hawaii comes from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi ‘Hawaiian (person)’, and goes back to Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki ‘traditional homeland’.
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*Sawaiki‘traditional homeland’reconstructed
- HawaiianmodernHawaiʻi‘Hawaiian (person)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Hawaii
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Nuclear Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*Sawaiki‘traditional homeland’reconstructed
- HawaiianmodernHawaiʻi‘Hawaiian (person)’
- Englishearliest quotation 2007Hawaii
Earliest quotation: 2007, Joe Biden, Jill: “I've learned a lot by watching my Democratic colleague…”
Every English word from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki
Today it means
name An insular state of the United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *Sawaiki / Hawaii