English
Oahu
Oahu comes from Hawaiian Oʻahu.
- HawaiianmodernOʻahu
- EnglishtodayOahu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- HawaiianmodernOʻahu
- EnglishtodayOahu
A compound of o ‘or, lest’ + ahu ‘heap, pile, mound’
Proto-Polynesian *qafu ‘heap’
Hawaiian ahu ‘heap, pile, mound’
Every English word from Hawaiian Oʻahu
Today it means
name The third-largest island of Hawaii, included in the City and County of Honolulu.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian Oʻahu / Oahu