English
ali'i
Ali'i comes from Hawaiian aliʻi ‘a hereditary rank of traditional chief’, and goes back to Proto-Polynesian *qariki.
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*qariki‘nobleman, chief’reconstructed
- Hawaiianmodernaliʻi‘a hereditary rank of traditional chief’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012ali'i
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*qariki‘nobleman, chief’reconstructed
- Hawaiianmodernaliʻi‘a hereditary rank of traditional chief’
- Englishearliest quotation 2012ali'i
Earliest quotation: 2012, Julia Flynn Siler, Lost Kingdom: “The chiefs also conscripted the commoners into armies and…”
Every English word from Proto-Polynesian *qariki
Today it means
noun A member of a noble Hawaiian family.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Polynesian *qariki / ali'i