English
Hualalai
Hualalai comes from Hawaiian Hualālai.
- HawaiianmodernHualālai
- EnglishtodayHualalai
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- HawaiianmodernHualālai
- EnglishtodayHualalai
A compound of ka ‘the’ + hua ‘fruit, seed’
Proto-Polynesian *te
Hawaiian ka ‘the’
Proto-Austronesian *buaq ‘fruit’
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buaq ‘fruit’
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq
Proto-Oceanic *puaq
Proto-Polynesian *fua
Hawaiian hua ‘fruit, seed’
Every English word from Hawaiian Hualālai
Today it means
name An active volcano on Hawaii Island.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian Hualālai / Hualalai