English
Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa comes from Hawaiian Mauna Loa.
- HawaiianmodernMauna Loaliterally ‘Long Mountain’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- HawaiianmodernMauna Loaliterally ‘Long Mountain’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Unadapted borrowing from Hawaiian Mauna Loa (literally “Long Mountain”).
Every English word from Hawaiian Mauna Loa
Today it means
name A volcano in Hawaii, United States; the largest volcano in the world.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian Mauna Loa / Mauna Loa